The collective silence : German identity and the legacy of shame / edited by Barbara Heimannsberg and Christoph J. Schmidt ; translated by Cynthia Oudejans Harris and Gordon Wheeler.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.

Psychological symptoms of the Nazi heritage : introduction to the German edition / Barbara Heimannsberg and Christoph J. Schmidt -- Psychotherapy and the Nazi past : a search for concrete forms / Richard Picker -- Farewell to my father / Irene Anhalt -- I too took part : confrontations with one's own history in family therapy / Heidi Salm -- The psychoanalyst without a face : psychoanalysis without a history / Sammy Speier -- Family reconstruction in Germany : an attempt to confront the past / Margarete Hecker -- Effects of lingering Nazi worldviews in family life / Almuth Massing -- "How can I develop on a mountain of corpses? " : observations from a theme-centered interaction seminar with Isaac Zieman / Wolfgang Bornebusch -- Unwilling to admit, unable to see : therapeutic experiences with the national socialist "complex" / Waltraud Silke Behrendt -- The dialogue between the generations about the Nazi era / Helm Stierlin --

The work of remembering : a psychodynamic view of the Nazi past as it exists in Germany today / Barbara Heimannsberg -- The difficulty of speaking the unspeakable : how an article entitled "The Nazi past in psychotherapy" was never written / Irene Wielpütz -- Holocaust perpetrators and their children : a paradoxical morality / Dan Bar-On -- "Guilty!" : thoughts in relation to my own past : letters to my son / Gunnar von Schlippe -- Translator's afterword / Cynthia Oudejans Harris -- --

Acknowledgments and Note -- Translator's Introduction -- The Editors -- The Translators -- The Contributors -- Psychological Symptoms of the Nazi Heritage: Introduction to the German Edition -- 1. Psychotherapy and the Nazi Past: A Search for Concrete Forms -- 2. Farewell to My Father -- 3. I Too Took Part: Confrontations with One's Own History in Family Therapy -- 4. The Psychoanalyst Without a Face: Psychoanalysis Without a History -- 5. Family Reconstruction in Germany: An Attempt to Confront the Past -- 6. Effects of Lingering Nazi Worldviews in Family Life -- 7. "How Can I Develop on a Mountain of Corpses?" Observations from a Theme-Centered Interaction Seminar with Isaac Zieman -- 8. Unwilling to Admit, Unable to See: Therapeutic Experiences with the National Socialist "Complex" -- 9. The Dialogue Between the Generations About the Nazi Era -- 10. The Work of Remembering: A Psychodynamic View of the Nazi Past as It Exists in Germany Today -- 11. The Difficulty of Speaking the Unspeakable: How an Article Entitled "The Nazi Past in Psychotherapy" Was Never Written -- 12. Holocaust Perpetrators and Their Children: A Paradoxical Morality -- 13. "Guilty!" Thoughts in Relation to My Own Past: Letters to My Son -- Translator's Afterword -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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