Andrea von Treuenfeld

In the organizer's words:

• Living with Auschwitz
• Experiences of the Third Generation
• Literature

Holocaust survivors were often unable to talk about what they had suffered. However, the traumas also had an effect in silence, especially there: Survivors and their children kept quiet about the incomprehensible in order to protect each other and avoid having to face the horror again.
The grandchildren's generation is different. They ask their grandparents questions and experience Auschwitz as a historical fact that has been described and analyzed. But what does Auschwitz mean for this third generation? Andrea von Treuenfeld collected testimonies from grandchildren of Auschwitz survivors - touching, often harrowing accounts that show how powerful what happened is in the lives of many people to this day - 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.
She also poses questions such as: What is Jewish life like in Germany today? How do Jews feel in this country?

Andrea von Treuenfeld studied journalism and German studies and worked for many years as a columnist, correspondent and senior editor for well-known print media, including Welt am Sonntag and Wirtschaftswoche. Today she writes portraits and biographies as a freelance journalist.

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