Stern J
Sante Ment Que. 1990 Nov;15(2):221-32.
For many years, survivors of the Holocaust in Israel and elsewhere have made little space in their lives for past memories. Indeed, they feared being overcome by them and influencing their children negatively as a result. When these people reach the age of putting their whole life into perspective, the mourning and loss processes are reactivated by the need to hold testimony. Also, they seek to be part of the continuity of crucial events that marked their past, particularly concerning the separation from their family of origin, network of friends and cultural community. Furthermore, since people belonging to the second generation grew up with this separation from family roots, they would develop fantasies often linked to a somewhat guilty complex. The authors present two clinical cases to illustrate each of the two themes in the article.
多年来，以色列及其他地方的大屠杀幸存者在生活中几乎没有为过去的记忆留出空间。事实上，他们害怕被这些记忆所征服，并因此对自己的孩子产生负面影响。当这些人到了能够全面审视自己一生的年纪时，保存证言的需求会重新激活哀悼和失落的过程。此外，他们试图融入那些标志着他们过去的关键事件的延续之中，尤其是与他们原生家庭、朋友圈子和文化社群的分离。再者，由于第二代人是在与家族根源分离的环境中长大的，他们常常会产生与某种负罪情结相关的幻想。作者呈现了两个临床案例来阐释本文的两个主题。
