Kindertransport Commemoration
The rescue network known as the Kindertransport saved the lives of nearly 10,000 children between the years of 1938 and 1940 by transporting them from Nazi Germany to England. This year marks the 85th anniversary …
Topic: Holocaust
A Pocketful of Miracles | Kristallnacht at HERC
Join us for Kristallnacht Film! HERC is pleased to welcome filmmaker, director, and producer Aviva Kempner, who creates successful and critically-acclaimed documentaries about social justice. In A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings, …
Film Screening Panel – After: Poetry Destroys Silence
Join Town & Village Synagogue for a Wine & Cheese Sunday. View the film at 1 pm and 3 pm group viewings of “After: Poetry Destroys Silence” at Cinema Village, located at 22 East 12th Street. Tickets …
Book Review: Making Music Was The Best Revenge
My Effin’ Life By Geddy Lee with Daniel Richler HarperCollins Publishers, 511 pp. Reviewed by Eva Fogelman How does a son of Auschwitz survivors get a name such as Geddy Lee? So begins My Effin’ Life, …
After: Poetry Destroys Silence
I am proud to have served on the Board of Advisors to the film, After: Poetry Destroys Silence. For Distribution / Worldsales / Press / FestivalsOliver Mahrdt: Oliver.mahrdt@gmail.com All other requests to:info@after.film After: Poetry Destroys …
Echoes of Children’s Survival: Opening the Kestenberg Archive Online
Dr. Sharon Kangisser-Cohen (Yad Vashem) in a Conversation with Dr. Eva Fogelman (Psychologist, Filmmaker and Author) | Echoes of Children’s Survival: Unveiling the Kestenberg Archive Online In 1981, the late Dr. Judith and Milton Kestenberg …
A Pocketful of Miracles screening at Cornell Cinema
“A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” Free Screening at Cornell University April 10, 2024 at 7:00PM Click HERE to Reserve Tickets Listed as one of the Best Films of 2023 by “The Washington Post” …
Family Treasures Lost and Found
I am an advisor to a film that was just completed titled Family Treasures: Lost and Found, directed by Marcia Rock and produced by Karen A. Frankel. About the Film Journalist Karen A. Frenkel wanted …
A Pocketful of Miracles Film: 2 Screenings in New York City
A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings 2 Screenings in New York City “One of the Best Films of 2023” –The Washington Post Museum of Jewish Heritage Sunday March 17th at 2PM In A …
A Pocketful of Miracles screening March 3 at the Katzen Arts Center
See Aviva Kempner’s New Documentary “A Pocketful of Miracles” – March 3 at the Katzen Arts Center at 4pm Tickets are free but you must make a reservation Hanka and Dudek Ciesla grew up in …
A Pocket Full of Miracles screening with talkback
A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings (2023 106 minutes) will be screened in Manhattan on Feb 17 and Feb 19 at the New Plaza Theater and at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan …
Menachem Daum Obituary
Menachem Daum, 77, Filmmaker Who Explored the World of Hasidim, Dies: His acclaimed documentary “A Life Apart” presented a complex portrait of a religious group usually depicted as somber and impenetrable. Menachem Daum, a filmmaker …
Lifetime Achievement Awards for Extraordinary Accomplishments in Psychohistory
Lifetime Achievement Awards for Extraordinary Accomplishments in Psychohistory Presented by Psychohistory Forum to Distinguished Women Scholars December 2, 2023, 11am-1:30pm EST (virtual room opens at 10:30am EST) This is our 4th Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony at …
Psychotherapy with Generations of the Holocaust
In this webinar, Eva Fogelman (PhD) – a pioneer in working with generations of the Holocaust – provides an overview of the therapeutic approaches in work with survivors and descendants of the Shoah. Registration for …
They Carry the Torch: Life Affirming Legacies of Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
The Shalom Club presents: Dr. Eva Fogelman Traditionally, descendants of Holocaust survivors as a group have been viewed as irrevocably traumatized by what their parents suffered. Now psychologist Eva Fogelman PhD offers a different narrative, …
Stanley Milgram @ 90: What is his legacy?
Ninety years after the birth of Stanley Milgram (1933-1984), what is the legacy of this unique researcher, teacher, and essayist? I spoke at this event. Here is what I said: Stanley Milgram ReminiscencesEva Fogelman, PhD …
Gender as a Factor in Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust
This paper was presented at the Women in the Holocaust: International Scientific Conference. 10 – 12 Oct 2023. Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory- Kraljice Natalije 45, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. See my blog post: Gender …
The War in Israel: imparting information to our children
Our children are vulnerable. They need to be protected from so many of the horrors of the war, but they also need to be told what is happening in the war in Israel in a …
Gender as a Dynamic in Women Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust
I will be presenting at the Women in the Holocaust: International Scientific Conference. 10 – 12 Oct 2023. Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory- Kraljice Natalije 45, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. The Conference is presented by …
Book Review | The Baggage You Can’t Leave Behind
Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory By Janet Malcolm Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 176 pp. Immigrant Baggage: Morticians, Purloined Diaries, and Other Theatrics of Exile By Maxim D. Shrayer Cherry Orchard Books, 146 pp. Daughter …
Dr. Giselle Cycowicz and Dedicating Your Life to Others After Trauma
The Blue Card Stories of the Holocaust: Overcoming Historical Trauma is honored to welcome Dr. Gita Cycowicz, from Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Cycowicz is a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and labor camps at Gross-Rosen. Originally from Chust …
The Supreme Court ruled that discrimination is protected speech. As the children of Holocaust survivors, we understand where this leads
This article is re-posted from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA). Government-sanctioned bigotry is a first step towards dehumanization, write two Second Generation activists (JTA) — When the U.S. Supreme Court sided last month with a …
Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust
The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University and the Faculty of Jewish Studies invites you to a Book Launch. Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust: Between Postmemory …
Breaking the Silence Around Sexual Violence
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Wagner College Holocaust Center took on a topic with very contemporary resonance: sexual assault. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is held on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of …
Descendants of the Holocaust Inherit Two Competing Stories
When my father died, Elie Wiesel came to my home to make a shiva call. The first question he asked, “Did your father write down his story?” This question continues to haunt me every day …
Saviors at Nazi Ground Zero
Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” introduced the world to the improbable enigma and moral dilemma of a German Nazi Party member who rescued Jews. The combined commercial forces of Spielberg and the Hollywood image-making machine turned …
Who Will Speak for Them?
A gathering for Second Generation (2G) & Third Generation (3G) Holocaust survivors Click to email Elise at Shalom Connecticut Presented by Holocaust Child Survivors Of Connecticut, Inc. Join us for brunch and conversation with DR. …
The Jacket from Dachau
The Jacket from Dachau:One Survivor’s Search for Justice, Identity, and Home In July of 2015, The Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) was contacted by a vintage clothing dealer about a recent acquisition of …
Book Launch-The List: The Making of an Online Transnational Second Generation Community
in Hebrew Panel discussion about the book- The List: The Making of an Online Transnational Second Generation Community On the 84th anniversary of “Crystal Night” we are honored to invite you to the launch event …
“Whispers of Silence” (“Murmullos del Silencio”)
Eva Fogelman served as a trauma expert consultant to filmmakers Aarón and Esther Cohen for this film about Holocaust trauma and its’ transmission. May 1945. World War II ends and the concentration camps are liberated. …
“Researchers Remember” Book Talk
For descendants of Holocaust survivors who became researchers and scholars, whether they devoted their professional lives to the Holocaust or to other topics, the Holocaust often accompanies their professional lives like a shadow. The new …
“The Flat” Screening and Discussion
After the death of his grandmother Gerda, director Arnon Goldfinger was responsible for emptying out the Tel Aviv apartment where she lived for seventy years since she and her husband fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Goldfinger …
Be Empowered: Ways To Confront Antisemitism
Our April 5th Next Generations Group(NGG) get-together featured Bob Horenstein, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, who spoke about the rise in antisemitism and touched on ways to respond to it. Afterwards, there was a palpable …
Transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience: from awareness to working through
I will present Myths and Realities about Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma on Sunday March 6, 2022 between 9:30 am and Noon. Myths and Realities about Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma by Eva Fogelman Abstract: Trauma has become so …
Stories of the Holocaust: Overcoming Historical Trauma
The Blue Card is thrilled to announce the launch of our new podcast Stories of the Holocaust: Overcoming Historical Trauma. We invite you to join us in listening to the incredible story of Professor Laszlo …
Zaglada – performed reading of a new play by Richard Vetere
Zaglada – performed reading of a new play by Richard Vetere New York City – In Person The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to a performed reading of Zagłada (Holocaust) A new play by Richard Vetere featuring: …
Conscience and Courage Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust Cantata by Liz Swados
My dear friend Liz Swados who died too young wrote the lyrics and music for a Conscience and Courage Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust Cantata based on my book with the same title. The …
Transforming Moments: A Conversation With Diane Von Furstenberg
Before she was an international fashion icon and a member of the TIME 100, Diane von Furstenberg was a young girl growing up with parents who had just survived the Holocaust. Her father, originally from Moldova, escaped …
Holocaust Survivor Families Reflect A Generation After 9/11
On a brilliant blue Tuesday in September 2001, the impervious nature of America was shattered irrevocably. The trauma of 9/11 was in some cases multiplied exponentially for Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as in the …
Hidden by the Holocaust as young children…
Hidden by the Holocaust as young children, they escaped the Nazis by disappearing into attics and basements. Now, these last survivors are coming forward to reclaim a childhood lost. “These individuals had to grow up …
Altruism Can Be Learned
Learned altruistic behavior, seeing all people as equals, gave the rescuers the ability to transcend the propaganda against the Jews and to see them as human beings just like themselves. Eva Fogelman Most Germans during …
2021 Rosen Summer Symposium on Children in the Holocaust
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies will hold the 19th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium from July 18-23, 2021. The 19th Symposium will focus on Children in the Holocaust. …
Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust
Judy Batalion, author of The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos will discuss the young women who found different ways of fighting back against the Nazis, with filmmaker Aviva Kempner, …
Holocaust Survivor. Nazi Hunter. Wall Street Tycoon: The Siggi Wilzig Story
Discover the remarkable true story of Auschwitz survivor, Wall Street legend, and philanthropist Siegbert (Siggi) B. Wilzig in this exclusive program for members. Wilzig’s story is the basis of author and Holocaust scholar Joshua M. Greene’s recent …
Other Voices: Daughters of the Holocaust
The University of Miami School of Education & Human Development and The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation together with The Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Division of Academics, Department of Social Sciences presented the 20th …
Love & Sex Across Holocaust Generations
Featured Keynote Speakers Love & Sex Across Holocaust GenerationsWith Dr. Eva Fogelman & Esther Perel May 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm EDT Find out how past traumatic experiences affect new intimate relations from therapists experienced in working with …
Founders of the Second Generation Movement
A panel with Helen Epstein, Dr. Eva Fogelman, Menachem Rosensaft moderated by Kati Marton. Thursday May 6, 5pm -5:45pm ET. Join us for a once in a lifetime event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of …
Transforming Moments With Elisha Wiesel and Dr. Eva Fogelman
Join us for the launch of our new series “Transforming Moments,” which highlights the experiences of children of Holocaust survivors (2Gs). In this inaugural episode, Elisha Wiesel, former Goldman Sachs CIO and son of the …
Who is considered a Holocaust survivor?
My parents were both Polish Jews and survived the Holocaust through twists of fate that saved them from the horrors of the Nazi death camps. My father escaped from a ghetto in Belarus to the …
Yom HaShoah Book Talk: Remembering the Holocaust Through the Life of Siggi Wilzig
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), join us for a conversation with Joshua M. Greene, author of Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. Greene, …
Stories of Regeneration from the Second Generation: Eva Fogelman
Eva Fogelman, psychologist, author, filmmaker, and co-director of the International Study of Organized Persecution of Children, shares her experiences growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors.
Group Belonging and Mourning as Factors in Resilience in the Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors
Historically, the marker event for the identifiability of children of survivors as a group was the seminal article in the New York Times by journalist Helen Epstein, herself a child of Holocaust survivors, on June …
For Survivor Descendants, the Past is Prologue
When I see the long lines at the supermarket, I am reminded of my mother telling me about standing in line all night to get a loaf of bread for her parents and four siblings …
Adult Offspring of Holocaust Survivors as Moral Voices in the American-Jewish Community
I am an adult child of Holocaust survivors born in a half bombed out hospital in Kassel, Germany. For me, the whole notion of the Holocaust evokes never ending questions about human beings who annihilate …
An Expert Breaks the Silence: the Generation After the Holocaust
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, NCJW/CLE and the Kol Israel Foundation bring Dr. Eva Fogelman, nationally recognized pioneer in the treatment of the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants, to moderate a …
Holocaust Survivor Families: The Dynamics of Adaptation
“As a child of survivors and as a psychologist who has worked with survivors and their families for 40 years, I am fascinated in particular by the varied dynamics of adaptation that these families manifest” …
Holocaust Child Survivors, Sixty-Five Years After Liberation: From Mourning to Creativity
Most of the world does not contemplate children as survivors of the Holocaust; surely it is understandable why this is the case. After all, the image that most have is that of Jews spilling out …
Eva Fogelman on the Charney Report
Katharina von Munster, Eva Fogelman, David Scott Paul | Charney Report. 20 Jan 2016. YouTube. This episode features a discussion on psychology as it relates to Holocaust survivors and their families with guests Katharina von …
Third Generation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
“Why are Holocaust survivors obsessed with future generations remembering? Why do they command us all to Zachor, to remember? What is it they want us to remember?” That is the challenge every post-Holocaust generation will …
The Evolution of a Second-Generation of Holocaust Survivor Identity
In the late 1960s, Henry Krystal, a psychoanalyst and Auschwitz survivor, organized several conferences for doctors, social-service providers, and German government officials on the after-effects of “massive psychic trauma” on survivors of Nazi concentration camps …
The pandemic has been emblematic of the human experience
The pandemic has been emblematic of the human experience. Some people are thriving, others are confronting stresses, and some are completely traumatized. One’s circumstances, of course, can either impede or enhance, the emotional state and …
Helping Holocaust Survivor’s Children
When the film I co-produced and wrote, Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust, was first broadcast on PBS in 1984, Michael Hinds wrote about the work I have done raising awareness for and …
Marion Pritchard, Holocaust hero
Under conditions of terror, most people are passive bystanders. Some become persecutors, while few jeopardize their lives to save the victims. Marion Pritchard, who died in December 2016 at the age of 96, risked her …
Transforming Moments with Eva Fogelman and Zalmen Mlotek
For three generations, from Warsaw to Vilna to Shanghai to New York, the Mlotek family has played a major role preserving Yiddish culture and heritage. Join Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre …
Trauma, Memory and Art
Trauma, Memory and Art: An interdisciplinary virtual conference with Ori Z. Soltes, Larry R. Squire, Natan P.F. Kellermann and Eva Fogelman In this interdisciplinary conference, four experts discuss the transmission of Holocaust trauma and memory …
Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust
In 1978, Fogelman was leading a group for children of Holocaust survivors with Dr. Henry Grunebaum in Cambridge, MA, which became the subject of Breaking the Silence. The film portrays a number of survivor parents …
Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust
Conscience and Courage examines the psychological transformation of a bystander to a rescuer through compelling accounts drawn from interviews with survivors of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews of Europe in WW II. Once …
Critical Images of Relationships | Part 1
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors Session 1: Holocaust survivor grandparent(s) relationship Sunday, November 1 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions. …
Critical Images of Relationships | Part 2
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors Session 2: Second generation parent(s) interaction Sunday, November 8 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions. …
Critical Images of Relationships | Part 3
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors Session 3: Critical images of one’s own experience with intimate relations developmentally Sunday, November 15 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET Virtual …
Critical Images of Relationships | Part 4
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors Session 4: Consequences of a Holocaust family history on one’s committed relationships Sunday, November 22 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET Virtual …
The Rescuer Self
Rescue of Jews under the Nazis was, in psychological parlance, a “rare behavior.” From a population of 700 million in Germany and the allied occupied countries, the thousands who risked their lives to save Jews …
About Dr. Fogelman
I am a licensed psychologist, author and filmmaker. I am also a pioneer in developing groups for generations of the Holocaust. I co-founded and co-directed the first training program for clinicians to study Psychotherapy with …
Eva Fogelman in conversation with Gaby Glassman on ‘Descendants of the Holocaust 75 years after the liberation’
Fascinating online event happening now with Eva Fogelman and Gaby Glassman discussing ‘Descendants of the Holocaust 75 years after liberation’ with 200 participants. ariana neumann (@ArianaNeumann) Tweeted: Such an insightful talk this afternoon about the …