Is the transmission of trauma multi-generational? Do children of survivors of mass atrocities have a higher risk of developing psychological disorders? To understand the process of multi-generational legacies of trauma, Maria Armoudian speaks with Andrei Novac and Yael Danieli about the impact of survivors’ post-trauma adaptational style in their children’s eyes
A new study by Europe’s leading professional association for neurologists has found that survivors of the Holocaust suffered long-term damage of their brain structures as a result of their trauma, with mental health problems being passed down to their children and grandchildren.
https://youtu.be/qbBu6cWczTY Nearly everyone who’s seen it and lived to tell the tale describes it the same way: a horrifying, otherworldly thing of ghastly beauty that has haunted their life ever…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgWmJpntrHo In 1942, after three years of bringing back dignity to mothers interned in refugee camps and saving the lives of their babies, the Maternity of Elna has been ordered…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzPQL9Pki1s Portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, 85, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II, through the lens of her friendship with second generation survivor Mitchie…