Selected Works

Essays
"The Rescuer Self"
The rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust were motivated for varying reasons. Once a person became a rescuer, a different self was formed. This essay explores their lives before, during and after the war.
"The Psychology Behind Being a Hidden Child"
Eva Fogelman gives a psychological perspective of the lives of hidden children both during and after the Holocaust.
"Transforming a Legacy of Loss"
An exploration of the mourning process as a creative process for female descendants of Holocaust survivors.
Films
Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust
An award-winning documentary about the lives of young adults whose parents survived the Holocaust as they grapple with finding out what happened to their parents and how it has shaped their lives.

Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust

Breaking the Silence on JewishFilm.org

Praise for Breaking the Silence:

"...more than a documentary; it is a labor of love which builds a bridge from one generation to another." --Washington Post

"[The film] is an act of healing - a kind of restoration of lost history... There is a spirit in the film of affirmation - of life going on." --Robert Jay Lifton, M.D.

"This could help us to overcome our feeling of isolation and to enrich others with the legacy of our past, however tragic." --Viewer in Colorado