Historical Trauma

Andreas Maercker is Full Professor and Head of the Psychopathology Division in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Maercker has been an influential figure in the field of traumatic stress studies for more than twenty-five years. He has made innovative and influential contributions to the differentiation of various disorders in this field as chair of the WHO working group on the classification of these disorders. More recently, he developed an international research program on cultural factors in trauma sequelae. In 2017, he received Germany's highest civil honor, the Order of Merit, for his scientific and volunteer work for trauma survivors.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Typical Constellations: 2. First description of the Historical Trauma concept for the Indigenous Americans; 3. Holocaust survivors and their progeny; 4. African Americans and extended HT concepts; 5. Stalinistic and post-Stalinistic repression in Eastern Europe; Part II. Separate Paths: Some Atypical Constellations: 6. Silenced Mafia war victims in Italy; 7. Rwanda: Genocide against the Tutsis; 8. Cambodia: Genocide by the Khmer Rouge; 9. Partition of India; Part III Conclusion: 10. Multiperspective memories: trying to integrate the findings.