Children of the Holocaust
Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors

The research and stories Helen Epstein did to compile this book was exceptional. They're illuminating and important. She shares stories that we rarely hear—the stories of Holocaust survivors children. The horrors of the Holocaust's lasting impact will be eye-opening. This book was published in 1979.......more

An insightful, beautifully written book about what it is like to descend from survivors. I saw myself in so many of these stories.......more

I give this book a 5 star rating. Ms. Epstein wrote an original work in 1979, at the age of 32. What a brave accomplishment, since this was a taboo subject or at least a novel idea. To say that the children of the survivors of the Holocaust were affected by their parents issues flew in the face of c......more

This was a highly informative book on the children of survivors of the Holocaust. In all the books I've read & specials I've watched, it never even occurred to me to wonder how these children grew up, what their experiences were, what their relationships with their parents had been like, the pressur......more

"Helen Epstein is a daughter of Holocaust survivors. A writer, professor, journalist, she searched from America to Europe to Israel gathering hundreds of stories from men and women who shared her trauma. Although these children of the Holocaust were raised in freedom and security, only the most prof......more