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From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling

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Most children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors felt the omnipresence of the Holocaust throughout their childhood and for many, the spectre of the Holocaust continues to loom large through the phenomenon of “intergenerational” or “transgenerational” trauma.



In From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling, Emily Wanderer Cohen connects the dots between her behaviors and choices and her mother’s Holocaust ex-periences. In a series of vivid, emotional—and sometimes gut-wrenching—stories, she illustrates how the Holocaust continues to have an impact on current and future generations. Plus, the prompts at the end of each chapter enable you to explore your own intergenerational trauma and begin your healing journey.



Part memoir and part self-discovery, if you’re a second-generation (2G) or third-generation (3G) Holo-caust survivor—or you’re experiencing intergenerational trauma of any kind—and you’re ready to heal from that trauma, you need to read this book.

159 pages, Unknown Binding

Published March 4, 2018

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January 20, 2023
This books is all over the place. The first part is FULL of multiple descriptions of emotional and physical abuse (should come with trigger warnings), then there is a sharp turn, and suspense that is never resolved. The final part is the actual story that is written in a quite underwhelming way.
I am a bit perplexed by this book. Feels like more could have been written, or the story development could have been more consistent.
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October 19, 2021
Talking about generational trauma from the Holocaust in the form of personal narration interspersed with journal prompts. I didn't really learn anything from this book so I quit reading halfway through as I'm not a Holocaust survivor and found it difficult to relate her experiences to my own.
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October 9, 2025
Csalódást okozott ez a könyv, mert az elolvasása után azt gondoltam, hogy értem, hogy a cél a szerző traumájának a feldolgozása volt - és valószínűleg ezt a célt el is érte, de maga az írásmű olyan alacsony színvonalú, hogy nem jelentett irodalmi élményt. Azon végképp elcsodálkoztam, amikor a második generációs holkauszt túlélő szerző váratlanul és kevéssé indokolhatóan átadja a szót édesanyjának, aki persze a saját tapasztalatait meséli el, de az egyáltalán nem a leszármazott traumafeldolgozásáról szól.
A végkövetkeztetés fejezet nagyon rövid ugyan, de megvilágító erejű, szóval, az valamennyire menti a korábbi részeket.
Összességében azt mondanám, hogy nem tarthat számot szélesebb olvasóközönség figyelmére a könyv, az általam eddig olvasott holokauszt irodalom színvonalától messze elmarad. Azt nem zárom ki, hogy holokauszt túlélők leszármazottainak tartogathat aha élményt.
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April 2, 2021
Important for me to read as the mother of the daughter of a second generation Holocaust survivor.
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