Experiencing Antisemitism in the Third Generation
On the Reactualization of Extreme Trauma in Descendants of Shoah Survivors

Data collection will be conducted under the direction of Kurt Grünberg Ph.D. (Sigmund-Freud-Institut, Frankfurt Main, Germany). The research group at Freud Institute will facilitate the data collection phase during periodic sessions. Data analysis will be undertaken independently by different research groups. Prof. Yvonne Brandl (Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster, Germany) will coordinate two again independently working qualitative-reconstructive evaluation groups: both a group-analytical and a depth-hermeneutical body of experts (in cooperation with Prof. Jan Lohl and the research workshop on depth-hermeneutics). Prof. Monika Schwarz-Friesel (TU Berlin will conduct a detailed cognitive-linguistic analysis of the data. The research group at the Sigmund-Freud-Institut, under the direction of Kurt Grünberg, will focus on the experience of antisemitism as a kind of “Scenic memory of the Shoah.” This approach will allow us to explore how contemporary experiences of antisemitism and inherited experiences of persecution interact with one another.

Finally, the results of this research will be integrated and disseminated. A key part of this communication will involve working with the education department of the Central Council of Jews (‘Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland’) and with the Central Welfare Office of Jews in Germany (‘Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland’, ZWST) to train psychosocial professionals and to incorporate these research insights into political education programs.

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