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Memory Perceived: Recalling the Holocaust » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Memory Perceived: Recalling the Holocaust by Robert Kraft

Authors: Robert Kraft
ISBN-13: 9780275977740, ISBN-10: 0275977749
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Robert Kraft

ROBERT N. KRAFT is Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Otterbein College.

Book Synopsis

Compelling examples from 200 hours of testimony by Holocaust survivors form the foundation of this volume on how memory responds to atrocity--how people comprehend and remember deeply traumatic experiences, and how they ultimately adapt.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Revealing Memories: Oral Testimony and the Holocaust	1
2	Defining Memories: Patterns of Remembering	17
3	Childhood's End: Memory in Young Children Who Survived the Holocaust	57
4	Apprehending Atrocity: Levels of Awareness During Prolonged Trauma	91
5	Aftershocks of Traumatic Memory: Disturbing Behavior and Beliefs	121
6	Beyond the Aftermath: Lessons of Memory	163
	Appendix	187
	Selected Bibliography	197
	Index	205