The cut : Psychoanalysis with a third-generation holocaust survivor

This paper underscores the dual responsibility in psychoanalytic practice: addressing individual and societal traumas. Using Benjamin, a third-generation Holocaust survivor, as a case study, it advocates integrating societal traumas into psychoanalysis, moving beyond individual denial. Benjamin's journey, involving psychoanalysis and community support, highlights the importance of active engagement with trauma for post-memorial healing. The psychotherapist, in this case, plays a crucial role in witnessing and addressing intergenerationally transmitted trauma, fostering the patient's transformation and confronting their own historical connections to broader societal traumas.