Archives for 2025

Network Member John Wohlgemuth talks to historian and psychoanalyst  Daniel Pick , the author of “The Pursuit of the the Nazi Mind “ and “Brainwashed“, about the early explorers of mass psychology, the  factors that can contribute to the adoption of extreme ideologies, and the dissemination of paranoid conspiracy theories.  Daniel will be drawing on his work to shed light on the contemporary world. There will be time for Q & A and also an opportunity for participants to make their own observations.  Booking Details to follow.

The composer Michael Zev Gordon talks about his new composition ‘A Kind of Haunting‘ – a collaboration with the scholar Marianne Hirsch and poet Jacqueline Saphra. In it, he tells his own personal story about growing up with family silence around the Holocaust, and how, only many years later, he discovered what happened to his grandfather in Poland in 1941. In words and music, the piece reflects on how the Second and Third Generations inherit not only what those who survived remember, but also what they suppress. Michael will talk about how music and the arts can help shine light on these issues and the feelings they engender.  You can now book on https://music-words-Holocaust.eventbrite.co.uk

The Annual General Meeting for the Second Generation Network will take place via Zoom.  If you
are a Network Member and would like to join, please contact:
davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk

Hari Jonkers and Tracy Craggs from the Holocaust Centre North in Huddersfield will be sharing their experiences of how working with families who donate their archives and taking testimony from members of the First and Second Generations can provide the opportunity for very meaningful and helpful intergenerational dialogue. As well as sharing examples from their many years working in this field, they will also give advice as to how Members can engage in this process themselves. There will be plenty of time after their presentations for questions and comments. This event will take place via Zoom. An Eventbrite link will be available soon

Two members of the Third Generation, Dr. Shani Bar Tuvia Adam and Mia Hasenson-Gross will be talking to us about their work in human rights and how it connects with their heritage as members of the Third Generation. Shani works for Physicians for Human Rights Israel, the biggest human rights organisation in Israel, in which Jews and Palestinians work together to ensure the right to health care for all people living under Israel’s control. Shani works in the department responsible for Israeli residents and citizens. Her PhD focussed on the interaction between Israel’s asylum and refugee policies and the policies of other Western states. Her MA was in international relations. Mia Hasenson-Gross is the executive director of René Cassin based in their London office. Mia’s work in international human rights also includes 15 years working for Amnesty International. She has a BA in international relations and an MA in international law. Mia is also a trustee of the Coalition for Genocide Response. After their presentations there will be time for comments and questions. This event will take place via Zoom. An Eventbrite link will be available soon.

After the two recent well-attended Discussion Group meetings on Love and Intimacy, we continue with this challenging topic, this time focussing on Parenting and the Third Generation. How much and how have our Second Generation patterns affected the ways in which we have raised our children?  How much of our Second Generation inherited traumas have we passed on to the Third Generation?  Network Member Ido van der Heijden will give a brief introduction, after which participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences and insights. Please note our Discussion Group meetings are for Network members only. To book a place please email:
davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk