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In word and deed: A scenic story about guilt in the third generation
Author(s): Arnold, Simon
Date: 2023
Topics: Holocaust: Survivors: Grandchildren of, Trauma, Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, Main Topic: Holocaust Legacies and Memorial, Memory
Abstract: Sometimes memory does not speak, it acts. Our paper provides an insight into psychoanalytic research in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the effects of extreme trauma in post-Nazi Germany. Examining this, we introduced the concept of ‘scenic memory of the Shoah’ several years ago. This concept elucidates how traumatic memory performs – in word and deed. In this paper, we return to this concept as we listen to the story of an amulet and witness a scenic constellation arising in an encounter with third-generation participants. It is a story of loss, survival, severe feelings of guilt and how these themes present in the third generation. We discuss how the transmission of extreme trauma has emerged in our research process and allude to why, when it comes to trauma and guilt, we need to broaden our view on how these stories are told.