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‘I BELIEVE THAT MY EXPERIENCE BEGAN IN THE WOMB AND WAS LATER ABSORBED THROUGH MY MOTHER'S MILK’: SECOND GENERATION TRAUMA NARRATIVES
Author(s) -
Hammel Andrea
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
german life and letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1468-0483
pISSN - 0016-8777
DOI - 10.1111/glal.12249
Subject(s) - the holocaust , narrative , refugee , holocaust survivors , history , gender studies , genealogy , sociology , psychoanalysis , psychology , literature , art , political science , law , archaeology
This contribution analyses texts written by the descendants of Holocaust survivors and former refugees who have contributed to the newsletter of the Second Generation Network based in Britain. Examination of this material demonstrates how these postmemory trauma narratives add to our understanding of Holocaust and Refugee Studies. The ongoing impact of the Holocaust on subsequent generations descended from survivors and refugees suggests that it should be considered an integral part of British history that continues to reverberate in twenty‐first century society in the UK.