MICHAEL DORLAND is a professor in the School of Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa
[A] groundbreaking work . . . Dorland s thesis is that the
collective French consciousness, which included the medical
practitioners who treated concentration camp survivors, was and
still is pervasively tainted by anti-Semitism and an inability to
come to terms with the collaboration of so many of their countrymen
under the Vichy regime. "Jerusalem Post""
[A]n engaging and unique exploration of how French doctors analyzed
the impact of the concentration camps on Holocaust survivors. The
author devoted ten years to writing this work, and the result is a
nuanced combination of historical, cultural, political,
sociological, and psychological approaches to the study of the
Holocaust. "Holocaust and Genocide Studies""
The text is well written, scholarly, and authoritative. The book
goes beyond the survivor to include the impact on families as well.
Anyone interested in the psychological aspects of trauma will find
this volume a worthwhile read. "Jewish Book World""
Holocaust and Genocide Studies"
Jerusalem Post"
Jewish Book World"
"[A] groundbreaking work . . . Dorland's thesis is that the
collective French consciousness, which included the medical
practitioners who treated concentration camp survivors, was and
still is pervasively tainted by anti-Semitism and an inability to
come to terms with the collaboration of so many of their countrymen
under the Vichy regime."--Jerusalem Post
"[A]n engaging and unique exploration of how French doctors
analyzed the impact of the concentration camps on Holocaust
survivors. The author devoted ten years to writing this work, and
the result is a nuanced combination of historical, cultural,
political, sociological, and psychological approaches to the study
of the Holocaust." --Holocaust and Genocide Studies
"The text is well written, scholarly, and authoritative. The book
goes beyond the survivor to include the impact on families as well.
Anyone interested in the psychological aspects of trauma will find
this volume a worthwhile read."--Jewish Book World
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