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The Holocaust was woven into the fabric of life. It was always there. The natural tapestry of my life. It was my first memory. There was never a time in my life where there wasn’t an Auschwitz. It was very much a part of my life. Growing up I wondered what it was like not to be a child a survivor. It was always a way of splitting time. Before the war and after the war.
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Gordon, A.C. (1990). Self-Disclosure in Holocaust Survivors. In: Stricker, G., Fisher, M. (eds) Self-Disclosure in the Therapeutic Relationship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3582-3_15
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