The January Discussion Group will focus on the 2023 HMD theme of ‘Ordinary People’. Were the victims, perpetrators, rescuers and bystanders all ordinary people? A chance for members of the Second and Third Generations to share their thoughts and experiences. The Discussion Group meetings are for members of the Second and Third Generations. Numbers are limited and Network Members will be given priority.
A Zoom link will be provided. Start time: 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. If you would like to attend please email: davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk
Events
Tuesday 6th December – Memorialisation: the Options and Issues
A panel of speakers will talk about their experiences of arranging memorials for their relatives in Austria and Poland. Network members Irv Adler, Peter Bohm and Nik Pollinger will describe their differing experiences in Austria laying Steine der Erinnerung, memorial plaques and Stolpersteine. Mary Seeman will talk about her pioneering laying of Stolpersteine in a small town in Poland. Attendees can share their own experiences and dilemmas around arranging memorials.
Please note early start time 5.50pm for 6.00pm UK time to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection.
To register for this event please visit https://memorialisation.eventbrite.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd November – Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma: An Update on Recent Developments
Professor Judit Gervai, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a Member of the Second Generation, will be returning via Zoom to speak to the Network about recent developments in her research into Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma. Professor Gervai, will be introduced by her son, Network Committee Member Professor Gabor Csanyi. Professor Gervai will review genetic and gene-environment interaction effects on developing early attachment relationships. Studies investigating the interaction of genes of monoamine neurotransmission with the parenting environment in the course of early relationship development suggest that children’s differential susceptibility to the rearing environment depends partly on genetic differences. A short account of the most important methodological problems to be overcome in molecular genetic studies of psychological and psychiatric phenotypes will also be given. Start time 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection.
The registration link is https://transgenerational-trauma-transmission.eventbrite.co.uk
Tuesday 8th November – Discussion Group: Commissioning and Laying Stolpersteine and Other Family Memorials: Impact on Family Understanding
The November Discussion Group will be introduced by Elaine Sinclair, a long-standing member of the Network, who has been involved in commissioning Stolpersteine for family members. The process of commissioning and laying family memorials in the places where they lived before WWII can result in research in local archives by a researcher who comes to know your family very well, as well as contact with neighbours and those currently living there. It might also lead to invitations to visit the inside of your family’s home or meeting people who knew your family or were told about them by their parents. This discussion group will focus on the kinds of unexpected outcomes of laying family memorials and how they have affected your understanding of your family’s experiences before and during WWII. The discussion group meetings are for members of the Second and Third Generations. Numbers are limited and Network members will be given priority.
A Zoom link will be provided. Start time: 6.20pm for 6.30pm GMT to give everyone time to set up and check their Zoom connection. If you would like to attend please email: davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk
Thursday 27th October – Researching relatives who were interned on the Isle of Man
Introduced by Network Committee Member, Anita Grosz, who has recently visited the Isle of Man to learn about the island’s internment history, author Simon Parkin will provide an in-depth history of the internment programme, talking about his new book The Island of Extraordinary Captives and providing tips for Members on how to research their own relatives who were interned on the Isle of Man; Simon has created a comprehensive list of internees. A chance for all those whose relatives were interned on the Isle of Man to ask questions and share their own experiences and research. Full details and an Eventbrite link will follow.
Wednesday 19th October – Second Generation Network AGM
The AGM will include the presentation of the Annual Accounts, Election of Members of the Second Generation Network Committee and an open mic session led by David Clark. If you would like to participate in the open mic session, please email davidclark@secondgeneration.org.uk. The AGM is for Network members only and will be via Zoom at 6.30pm BST.
If you would like to attend and receive a Zoom link, please email: davidwirth@secondgeneration.org.uk