The Aftermath

by Aaron Hass

The Aftermath offers a perspective of how one who has lived with terror for years is able to avoid paralysis and move forward. The Aftermath offers the most comprehensive examination of the psychological impact of the Holocaust on survivors ever undertaken and covers the widest range of topics, including: survivor guilt, the absence of mourning, the psychological characteristics of survivor families, a survivor's view of God, survivors' feelings about Germans as well as their own countrymen of origin, and the survivor's ongoing sense of vulnerability.

Genres: Holocaust, War, Nonfiction

236 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 1995

Reviews

[Leeny]

This author uses a plethora of interviews with elderly Holocaust survivors to analyze the impact of their terror, persecution and incarceration. The indepth analysis is rich food for thought about the human potential for evil and for a little bit of good.

[Ben]

As I finished this book after the author's other book In the Shadows, I found that this was more comprehensive and included material from the previous book.
Well-written and compassionate.