Separation and Loss: Sequential Traumatization and the Loss of Family Life Experienced among the Children of the Kindertransports

Between December 1938 and September 1939, 10,000 Jewish children were evacuated from Nazi territory to the United Kingdom. Approximately ninety percent of these children were never reunited with their families. This thesis draws upon oral histories and memoirs of children from the Kindertransports in order to understand and analyze the traumas they experienced before fleeing from Nazi persecution and as a result of their separation from their parents as well as the factors that most influenced the long-term effects of this trauma.

Department dc:contributor.department

History

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Stahl, Matthew Christian

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rozenblit, Marsha L

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.13016/M2ZS55

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/16246