Hiding the Holocaust
eBook - ePub

Hiding the Holocaust

Memoir of a Deaf Daughter

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hiding the Holocaust

Memoir of a Deaf Daughter

About this book

From her parents, deaf psychologist Irene W. Leigh learned how quickly safety could be yanked away. Her parents, Jews who barely escaped Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II, tried to shield Leigh from harm, never talking about the horrors they endured, and it was not until recently that she began to discover the truth by uncovering a shocking document. Having rebuilt their lives from scratch, first in England and then in America, Leigh's parents passed down a legacy of ambition, persistence, and achievement, shaping her resilience in response to bias and discrimination. In this deeply personal memoir, Hiding the Holocaust, Leigh explores how this unspoken history and inherited trauma has informed her personal, familial, academic, and career experiences. Using a lifespan narrative structure focusing on memories, reflections, and recreated dialogue, Leigh narrates the subtle ways in which Holocaust trauma and loss affected not only her parents but also herself as a deaf child, teen, adult, and parent.

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Information

Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781954622456
Print ISBN
9781954622302

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1 Hiding the Stories and the Swastika
  7. 2 Adjusting to a New Reality
  8. 3 School: Expanding my Horizons
  9. 4 High School: Out of the Cocoon!
  10. 5 The Tumultuous Years of Change
  11. 6 New York City: The Shaping of a New Identity
  12. 7 Motherhood: Unexpected Challenges
  13. 8 Reclaiming My Professional Identity and Moving On
  14. 9 Immersion in a Deaf Environment
  15. Epilogue
  16. Acknowledgments

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