Third Reich in the Unconscious

Dr. Volkan has taught at the University of Virginia since 1963, where he founded the Center for the Study of the Mind and Human Interaction under the auspices of the University's medical school. He is also a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. Volkan has authored or co-authored 24 books and edited or co-edited 7 more. Gabriele Ast, M.D., is a psychoanalyst and family practice physician in private practice in Munich, Germany. William F. Greer, Jr. Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and faculty member of the Center of Psychoanalytic Studies at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

"At a time when there is an increasing threat to the security of the world and war is looming on the horizon, we can still find traces of the Third Reich in the unconscious of those who have been directly or indirectly affected by its evil. By analyzing the impact of war and destructiveness through the generations, the book is a most important contribution to the effort for their prevention in the future." -- Ilany Kogan, Psychoanalyst and Training Analyst of the Israel Psychoanalytic Association"In spite of the unspeakable and unthinkable subject of this book, the authors have written hopefully, and with a deep faith in peoples' wisdom and courage, that these malignancies can be ameliorated with the insights of psychoanalysis so that our children can be healthier and especially wiser to take action to prevent ongoing and worldwide needless tragedies, misery and genocide." -- Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D., Faculty, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School"There could be no better moment for the publication of The Third Reich in the Unconscious. This important study of the legacy of the large group traumatic experience of the Holocaust provides a brilliant analysis of the transgenerational transmission of trauma that has global implications for today's world." -- Psychologist-Psychoanalyst

• About the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Ira Brenner, M.D.IntrodcutionPART I. ON THE MENTALREPRESENTATION OF HISTORY1. Beyond PTSD: From Trauma to Transgenerational Transmission2. The Role of Others in Mental Development3. Varieties of Transgenerational Transmission4. History-Related Unconscious FantasiesPART II. CASE STUDIES5. Jacob: The Inability to Mourn6. Leo: A Jewish Man Living in Two Worlds7. Uta: A Gypsy Under White Linen8. Sabine: A German Woman's "Self-Analysis"9. The Psychotherapeutic Study Group for People Affected by the Holocaust: Toward Ending the "Silence" in Germany10. The Use of Third Reich Symbols by Americans Unaffected by the HolocaustPARTIII. THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS11. Different Cases, Different ApproachesAfterword: RamificationsReferencesIndex