Full Description
The Third Reich in the Unconscious: TransgenerationalTransmission and Its Consequences examines the effects of the Holocaust on second-generation survivors and specifically describes how historical images and trauma are transferred. The authors reveal the many ways in which the psychological legacy of the Nazi regime manifests itself in subsequent generations and how psychopathology, if present, can assume a number of different forms. Among the detailed case histories and treatment considerations, the text provides insight for developing strategies that will tame and eventually prevent transgenerational transmission.
Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ira Brenner, M.D.
Introdcution
PART I. ON THE MENTALREPRESENTATION OF HISTORY
1. Beyond PTSD: From Trauma to Transgenerational Transmission
2. The Role of Others in Mental Development
3. Varieties of Transgenerational Transmission
4. History-Related Unconscious Fantasies
PART II. CASE STUDIES
5. Jacob: The Inability to Mourn
6. Leo: A Jewish Man Living in Two Worlds
7. Uta: A Gypsy Under White Linen
8. Sabine: A German Woman's "Self-Analysis"
9. The Psychotherapeutic Study Group for People Affected by the Holocaust: Toward Ending the "Silence" in Germany
10. The Use of Third Reich Symbols by Americans Unaffected by the Holocaust
PARTIII. THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS
11. Different Cases, Different Approaches
Afterword: Ramifications
References
Index
