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Volume 4, No. 9, Fall 2003 - If Not Now e-journal

We are on the cusp of another New Year and once again it is a time for reflection… looking back at the past, weighing the triumphs and the challenges and looking ahead to the new year and the potential triumphs and challenges. Another year and more Survivors are coping with the challenges of aging, being supported by their loved ones and health care providers who are striving to give them optimum care.

This issue follows the recent International Child Survivors and Second Generation Conference in Washington. There a gathering of child Survivors and hidden children, along with their children and other children of Survivors, came from around the world to meet and discuss many of the themes and issues raised here.

On November 9, Toronto will host "From Strength to Strength", a one day conference for adult children of Holocaust Survivors and their partners. This event is sponsored by Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care, UJA Federation and Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Through workshops, seminars and guest speakers, the conference will explore the impact of the Holocaust on participants' families, their communities, their past and their future. For further information please contact me at pdavid@baycrest.org.

The Holocaust Museum in Washington will also be hosting a Gathering for Survivors this coming November. Check out their website for further information. http://www.ushmm.org

Around the world, Survivors and their families are reaching out to each other seeking support, commonalities, sharing their past and discussing the future. It would seem that time gives new perspectives and that the healing of today and tomorrow continues to be informed by the attempts to come to terms with the past. For the Survivors, they continue to cope with the impact of trauma even as they face the impact of aging. For the Second Generation, they look to the past to their parents’ experience even while they are looking to the future to carry forth the best of their parents’ legacy. This issue brings together a range of perspectives on the impact of trauma on families in general.

With the High Holy Days approaching, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish each of you a New Year free from trauma. I wish each of you a Happy New Year, a Safe New Year and the strength to continue your important work in caring for Survivors of the Holocaust.

Paula David
Editor; If Not Now
Coordinator, Holocaust
Resource Project
Baycrest Centre, Toronto
pdavid@baycrest.org

 

 

Volume 4 - Fall 2003 Articles

• Memory, Family Stories and Intergenerational Communication
• Sexual Abuse of Child Survivors of the Shoah: A Personal Perspective from the Second Generation
• Aging Survivors and Potential Difficulties in the Healthcare System
• Yom Hashoah VeHagevurah, April 27, 2003
• Poems from the Third Generation
• Nureberg, Kristallnacht and the Lessons of the Holocaust
• The Return of the Auschwitz Nightmare
• Holocaust Community Services: September 11th, 2002 Remembrance
• The Poet Reflects on His Legacy
• The Lenski File