Families after the Holocaust: between the archives and oral history

After the Holocaust, parents and children who had survived the genocide faced significant obstacles to family reunification. Many children with at least one surviving parent were never reclaimed by their families, while others who returned to live with their parents confronted a fractured social uni...

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Published in:Oral history (Colchester) 2018-04, Vol.46 (1), p.42-54
Main Author: Clifford, Rebecca
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Children
Families & family life
Family reunification
Fractured
Genocide
Holocaust
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Traumatic life events
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Family reunification
Fractured
Genocide
Holocaust
Oral history
Parents & parenting
Traumatic life events
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