Pass the Trauma, Please (e-book) (used book) | Todd Diamond | bookbook.eu

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Unfortunately, since the start of the twenty-first century, the world has witnessed a rapid resurgence of virulent antisemitism and Holocaust denialism. The October 7th massacre in Israel and the subsequent war against Hamas and its allies in the Middle East and the demonization of Israel has by extension infected and affected Jews all over the world. Harassment, vandalism and violence against Jews is occurring everywhere including the United States.

The shocking decline of knowledge about the Holocaust and the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their allies is fading especially among future--especially among Millennials and Gen Z, The continual the spread and barrage of hateful disinformation about Jews propagated through the internet has renewed concerns and undercut that the post-Holocaust mantra "Never Again" is receding and people are starting to consider the possibility that "It could happen again." With the passing of original Holocaust survivors, our first-hand witnesses to these crimes against humanity, second-generation Holocaust survivors--the children of survivors, who grew up in Holocaust survivors household and who were, in turn, affected themselves by their parents trauma, have taken up the challenge and are now writing the memoirs about their inherited trauma and at the same time, uncovering the history and stories that their parents endured during the Holocaust. It is imperative to both preserve and disseminate these personal stories of survival and their traumatic legacies.

To reach an ever-growing uninformed audience about the Holocaust, Todd Diamond has written a new resonant memoir, Pass The Trauma, Please, with the intent to try and engage a wider, more diverse audience with different per-spective that illuminates the past in a way that will help new generations of readers to understand the ongoing impact of these tragedies on succeeding generations. Second -Generation Holocaust memoirs are bridges between the past and the future and useful reminders of the complex ways trauma manifests and is transmitted across generations. Pass the Trauma, Please isn't just about the death camps, the gas cham-bers, the incomprehensible evil. It's about the Holocaust and its after-shocks. The unrelenting ripple effect of a unique trauma that echoes through children raised in the long shadow of tragedy. His story highlights the burden of memory, the inher-itance of bruised narratives passed down like heirlooms. He writes his story and the story of his parents and his extended family who perished in the Holocaust in a provocative and irreverent style to hopeful appeal and educate a broader readership. To that end, Todd finds light and humor amidst the wreckage, a real testament to the power of memory.