Mourning, Meaning, and Not Repeating: Themes of Dialogue Between Descendents of Holocaust Survivors and Descendents of Nazis

Abstract

Examines the transgenerational transmission of emotional trauma in a dialogue between descendants of Holocaust survivors and descendants of Nazi officials. Realization of similarities between Jewish and Nazi descendants; Elimination of any animosity among Jewish descendants and feelings of accountability among Nazi descendants; Responsibility of the descendants towards the prevention of racial atrocities.