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The Holocaust is the dark core of the twentieth century. It has assumed a place among those events that have permanently shaped our perception of humans. It has altered our vision of the present and of the prospects for the future. As time passes, the need to interpret its relationship within the whole fabric of human experience becomes more pressing, so that we neither blind ourselves to the aggressor/victim within us, nor ignore the human psychobiological capacity for recovery, healing, and revival (Klein, 1983). This chapter presents an analysis of the vicissitudes of denial during and after the Holocaust.
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Klein, H., Kogan, I. (1989). Some Observations on Denial and Avoidance in Jewish Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Experience. In: Edelstein, E.L., Nathanson, D.L., Stone, A.M. (eds) Denial. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0737-2_21
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