Interrupting intergenerational trauma: Children of holocaust survivors and the Third Reich

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-205

  Matz, David ^a   Vogel, Eric B ^a   Mattar, Sandra ^b   Montenegro, Haydee ^a  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict resolution; dialogue groups; Holocaust; intergenerational trauma; intergroup conflict; peace psychology; reconciliation; Third Reich

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953884694     PISSN: 00472662     EISSN: 15691624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15691624-12341295     Document Type: Article

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