By the 1960s, some 35,000 Holocaust survivors had migrated to Australia, forming the bulk of Australia’s Jewish community. Today, most Jews in Melbourne are descended of those survivors, most of whom came from Poland and the Former Soviet Union. Do the children and grandchildren of survivors bear the burden of inherited memory? Can memory even be inherited? In this one-day symposium, we will address the nature of both inherited trauma and vicarious resilience.

Schedule:

Morning session includes:

• Keynote address: Dr Margaret Taft, Whose Memory Is it? The Rise of Second-Generation Holocaust Consciousness.
• Panel Discussion on Inherited Trauma – with Dr Paul Valent, David Slucki and Dr Margaret Taft. Moderated by Dr Daniel Haumschild 
• Lunch

Afternoon session includes:

• Survivor Testimony by Dr Jack Leder
• Panel Discussion on Vicarious Resilience – with Suzy Zail, Holocaust survivor Gilah Leder and Tania Szwarcberg. Moderated by Dr Simon Holloway