ENCOUNTERS WITH TRANSGENERATIONAL TRACES OF COLLECTIVE TRAUMA
Hilde Gött, Manfred Jannicke & Elinor Zalmona-Bollag
For several decades, the "Traces of the Holocaust" workshops have been led by Hilde Goett and Yaacov Naor. To deal with the interrelations between two parts within - the aggressor and the victim - is about all of us. These are present in all conflicts, no matter wether they are inner- or inter-personal, collective, between smaller or bigger groups of people, historical or actual. We believe that our work as professionals should be devoted to learning how to live with conflicts. Above all, it may open dialogues, collective and personal ones. There are plenty of historical examples, such as the wars in former Yugoslavisa, which show, how out of denial or discursive concealment, the violence can re-emerge over and over again. We believe that encountering the enemy within ourselves can be a dignified and sustainable contribution to finding peace. The first step of such a process is to learn to accept the "other", instead of projecting the own unaccepted shadows to others. This may not lead to forgiveness or reconciliation but can heal some of the wounds and open a way to real encounters.
In this workshop, we want to demonstrate and share some of our working principles with you.
Hilde Gött, born in Romania as a granddaughter of SS members whose wives were deported to Siberia. Trainer, Director, MSc Psychodramapsychotherapy. Hilde is Certified Trainer and Supervisor (DGSv) of Psychodrama for the “Psychodrama Association for Europe”(PAfE) and has been teaching more than 20 years in Germany and Europe. She is a Children and Adolescent Therapist, focusing on trauma, domestic violence and suicidal cases.
Manfred Jannicke, born 1965 in Berlin into a family consisting of NSDAP/Wehrmacht members to the one and socialist/communist party members to the other side. Manfred graduated as a male nurse, social pedagogue, certified Leader of Psychodrama (PAfE/DFP) and supervisor and serves as head of a diaconal organisation for protection and welfare of children, adolescents and their families. He is father of two children, living in a village near Berlin.
Elinor Zalmona-Bollag, born in Israel as a granddaughter of immigrants from Poland.
The parents, sisters and brothers of her grandmother were killed by the Nazis in the forest near Konin, Poland, together with the majority of the town’s Jewish community. Graduated from the departments of anthropology and theater studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, certified as qualified expressive therapist specialized in psychodrama. Elinor has worked especially with children and parents in the private and public sectors and as group’s facilitator in clinical, social and educational context. She is the mother of four girls and lives together with her family in Berlin.