This book is the first of its kind: an exploration of the experiences of the Third Generation, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, who have particular relationships to the Holocaust mediated through their interactions with parents, grandparents and communities. The editors innovatively combine scholarly work that deals with questions of trauma and its transmission across generations, with autobiographical accounts which incorporate many of the concerns raised by scholars.

Contributors include historians, literary and cultural studies scholars, psychologists and sociologists, together with autobiographical narratives from members of the third generation which illuminate the scholarly research presented here.