Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- The Cambridge History Of The Holocaust
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I History
- 1 Liberation, Displacement, and Homecoming in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
- 2 In Each and Every Generation: Survivors and Their Descendants
- 3 “Forgotten Victims” and the Federal Republic of Germany
- 4 Testimony as a Response to Mass Atrocity: 1940s to the Present
- 5 Perpetrators on Trial: The Transnational History of Holocaust Trials
- 6 The Plunder and the Restoration of Art and Cultural Property
- 7 Restitution and Reparations
- 8 Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
- Part II Geography
- Part III Culture and Ideas
- Part IV Culture and Fields
- Index
- References
2 - In Each and Every Generation: Survivors and Their Descendants
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- The Cambridge History Of The Holocaust
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I History
- 1 Liberation, Displacement, and Homecoming in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
- 2 In Each and Every Generation: Survivors and Their Descendants
- 3 “Forgotten Victims” and the Federal Republic of Germany
- 4 Testimony as a Response to Mass Atrocity: 1940s to the Present
- 5 Perpetrators on Trial: The Transnational History of Holocaust Trials
- 6 The Plunder and the Restoration of Art and Cultural Property
- 7 Restitution and Reparations
- 8 Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
- Part II Geography
- Part III Culture and Ideas
- Part IV Culture and Fields
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter establishes and problematizes the category of “survivor” and the ways in which its meaning changed over the postwar decades. The definition of survivors is “unstable,” and includes diverse groups, not just those who lived through the camps or ghettos, but also those in exile or hiding. The chapter discusses how trauma affected not just survivors, but also their children and grandchildren, in complex ways. It analyzes the ways in which the experience of the Holocaust affected family life and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and culture, as well as the (re)construction of Jewish communal life.
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- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 55 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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