Psychotherapists' participation in the conspiracy of silence about the Holocaust.

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Holocaust ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence

scholarly journals Local Testimony and the (Un)Silencing of Sexual Violence in Lithuania under German Occupation during WWII

Humanities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Violeta Davoliūtė
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
Communal Violence ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence

The memory of sexual violence in Eastern Europe under German occupation during WWII has long been silenced by the opacity of local events to outside observers, a conspiracy of silence on the issue of collaboration, and conventions on how the Holocaust should be represented. Since the collapse of the USSR, the opening of archives has stimulated the production of a large and growing literature on the nature and causes of communal violence, but with relatively limited attention to sexual violence as an aspect of genocide. Based on a qualitative analysis of select audio-visual testimonies collected from non-Jewish Lithuanians since the 1990s, this paper demonstrates that local knowledge of sexual violence has persisted for decades in the post-genocidal space. However, these testimonies have been overshadowed by politicized narratives of national martyrology, and neglected by local and international researchers alike, despite their importance to the process of historical reckoning.

scholarly journals Articles 55a and 55b of the IPN Act and the Dialogue about the Holocaust in Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Liszka
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Short Life ◽  
Holocaust Memory ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Future ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence ◽  
The Law

Relations between the Holocaust, memory, and law are constantly reconceptualized. In the second decade of the 21st century there is no clear consensus on the way the Holocaust, memory, and law are or should be interconnected, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. A striking example of the new dynamics of those tensions is an amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, which in January 2018 inserted Articles 55a and 55b. The paper states that these controversial provisions (later withdrawn) should be understood as specific memory laws in response to the transnational memory of the Holocaust and the non-consensual dialogue on the Jedwabne pogrom in Polish society. The paper shows the law as a result of a certain dialogue, a voice in the dialogue, and an attempt to limit this dialogue – as well as the effects of such limitation. The paper adopts Leszek Koczanowicz’s conception of dialogue, Natan Sznaider’s description of the transnational Holocaust memory, as well as the idea of the future-oriented ethics of never again, and Eviatar Zerubavel’s concept of a conspiracy of silence in order to frame the context and meaning of the emergence, short life, disappearance, and traces of the law. Although these articles “refract” criminalization of the Holocaust and genocide negationism, understood in the context of Polish historical politics, they are themselves close to a specific form of denial, i.e. denial of the Jedwabne massacre. A recollection of the Polish memory law casts a shadow on the future, as a threat exists that the law might appear again.

scholarly journals Multigenerational Perspectives on Coping with the Holocaust Experience: An Attachment Perspective for Understanding the Developmental Sequelae of Trauma across Generations

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Bar-On ◽  
Jeanette Eland ◽  
Rolf J. Kleber ◽  
Robert Krell ◽  
Yael Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence

In this paper, we advance a new approach to the intergenerational transmission of Holocaust experiences, by focusing on attachment theory. The approach is used as a framework for interpretation of the results of three studies on Holocaust survivors and their offspring, from different countries (The Netherlands, Canada, and Israel), and based on different conceptual approaches and methods of data collection (quantitative as well as qualitative). The literature is divided with regard to the extent and depth of long-term effects of the Holocaust. Attachment theory allows the integration of the phenomena of attachment, separation, and loss, which appear to be core concepts in the three studies presented here. The notion of insecure-ambivalent attachment sheds some light on the observed preoccupation with issues of attachment and separation in the second generation. Furthermore, the theme of “the conspiracy of silence” is discussed in the context of attachment disorganisation. Attachment theory transcends the traditional boundaries between clinical and nonclinical interpretations, in stressing the continuous and cumulative nature of favourable and unfavourable child-rearing circumstances. In this context, insecure attachment should be regarded as coping with suboptimal child-rearing environments.

scholarly journals „Pokłosie”, poGrossie i kibice polskości

2014 ◽  
pp. 211-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Forecki
Keyword(s):  
Action Films ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence ◽  
Violent Action ◽  
The Impact

"Aftermath", after-Gross and the fans of PolishnessAftermath was released in the late 2012. Its director, Władysław Pasikowski, had previously been famous for his violent action films with strong male protagonists. He has also written some of the most sexist dialogues in the history of Polish cinema, as well as a number of lines, often obscene, which have become catchphrases and slogans present every day in the pop culture.His latest film, however, tackles a completely different issue – this thriller-cum-western tells a story that is decidedly contemporary, but nevertheless inspired by the events that took place in Jedwabne (described by Jan Tomasz Gross in his book Neighbors). Aftermath does not attempt to provide a reconstruction of the events that took place “on the margins of the Holocaust” (including Jedwabne). However, it clearly hints at the issue of the Polish contribution to the extermination of Jews and the impact of the conspiracy of silence having been broken. The film gave rise to a heated debate, which rippled through the Polish media for as long as two months after its release. This article is an attempt to analyse and interpret the words and ideas that appeared in the debate. „Pokłosie”, poGrossie i kibice polskościWraz z końcem 2012 roku odbyła się premiera filmu fabularnego Pokłosie w reżyserii Władysława Pasikowskiego. Ten bardzo popularny polski reżyser znany był dotychczas przede wszystkim z mocnych filmów sensacyjnych o twardych mężczyznach. Zasłynął także jako autor bodaj najbardziej seksistowskich dialogów w polskim kinie oraz rozmaitych i częstokroć wulgarnych kwestii wypowiadanych przez bohaterów, z których wiele do dziś funkcjonuje w popkulturze na prawach popularnych cytatów.W swoim najnowszym filmie Pasikowski sięgnął jednak po zupełnie inny temat. W konwencji thrillera z elementami westernu opowiedział historię jak najbardziej współczesną, ale w zdecydowany spósob zainspirowaną wydarzeniami w Jedwabnem, opisanymi przez Jana Tomasza Grossa w książce Sąsiedzi. Pokłosie nie stanowi jednak próby faktograficznej rekonstrukcji tego, co działo się na „obrzeżach Zagłady”, w tym również w Jedwabnem, lecz jednoznacznie dotyka problemu polskiego współudziału w zagładzie Żydów i konsekwencji związanych ze złamaniem ukonstytuowanej wokół tego faktu społecznej zmowy milczenia. Film wywołał gorącą dyskusję, która toczyła się w ogólnopolskich mediach przez niemal dwa miesiące od jego premiery. Podstawowym celem artykułu jest próba analizy oraz interpretacji słów i myśli wypowiedzianych w czasie jej trwania.

A sourcebook on the Holocaust

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-155
Author(s):  
Philip G. Zimbardo
Keyword(s):  
The Holocaust

Review of Generations of the Holocaust.

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 954-954
Author(s):  
Ira Ungar
Keyword(s):  
The Holocaust
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