Before the Beginning and After the End - Couverture souple

Anisman, Hymie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9493322246 ISBN 13 : 9789493322240

Editeur : Amsterdam Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

How do survivors of genocide come to terms with the horrors they witnessed and experienced? Do they become shells of what they had been, or do they find meaningful ways of re-establishing their lives and move forward productively?

In this book, part memoir and part historical novel, the life trajectory of several Shoah survivors is described, including the author’s parents, sister, aunt, uncle, cousins, and family friends. Some were able to survive by leaving subjugated countries before the Nazis could imprison them, others were able to hide in forests or in the homes of Righteous Christians, and a few others somehow survived the terror of the concentration camps.

The book focuses on issues that bring out the best and worst of people, and of governments and their agencies that too often did little to rescue Jews or to mete out punishments even to those who committed the most heinous atrocities.

Most of the author’s family, including grandparents, brothers, and sisters did not survive, but parts of their stories are told in this book. The lives of survivors prior to and during the Shoah is described as are their post-Shoah experiences that allowed them to reclaim their identities and begin anew.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Shimon and Chana (Henia) Anisman, and their two-year-old son Chaim (Hymie) reached Halifax, Canada on January 1, 1950, after attempting to emigrate from Europe for four years following the Shoah. They settled in Montreal, where Hymie attended a Yeshiva and subsequently obtained university training, and then received his doctorate at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario) in 1972. He accepted a position at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, in the Psychology Department and subsequently the Department of Neuroscience where he continues to be a faculty member. He was a Fellow of the Ontario Mental Research foundation, held a Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Neuroscience, and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.Hymie's research has focused on the neurobiological and immunological effects of stressors and the impact of these processes on psychological and physical health disturbances. Much of his research has concerned the multiple factors that increase an individual's vulnerability to the adverse effects of stressful events and those that imbue them with resilience. These have included the interplay between genetic factors and environmental experiences that can affect diverse pathologies. These experiences comprise adverse events encountered during childhood, chronic discrimination, the consequences of unsupportive social interactions, and the impact of collective historical trauma on the transmission of stressor effects across generations. Hymie and Maida are the parents of Simon, Rebecca, Jessica, and Max, and grandparents of Aoife and Shep.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9493322246
• ISBN 13: 9789493322240
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
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