Author(s): A. Sugashini, D. Laura Dameris Chellajothi

Abstract: The Holocaust terrors perpetuated pain across generations as the second generation victims were traumatized by their parents’ sufferings under the Nazi occupation. The memories of the Holocaust pervaded in the domestic spheres of the victims, triggering emotional outbursts and affected personal temperament. The memories inherited by the generational victims haunted their psychic spheres, resulting in abnormal personality and affected interpersonal and social relationships. The descendants encountered troubles in their domestic spaces as their tormented parents overburdened them to act as emotional shield to counter the continued agonies. The Holocaust memoir, Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors, recorded the Holocaust horrors agonizing the second generation victims, induced by the inherited memory accounts of the Holocaust horrors.

Keywords: Holocaust trauma, Inheritance of memories, Generational torments

Article Info: Received: 09 Mar 2026; Received in revised form: 08 Apr 2026; Accepted: 12 Apr 2026; Available online: 17 Apr 2026

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.112.74