Reply To: First and second generation of holocaust survivours

gut voch to all. . i never compared because that wouldnt bring me anything. my upbringing i cant change i can only try to work on the things that i was affected of and try to do it diffrently. for example since my parents didnt care about how i am doing in school so im trying to be diffrent to show my kids that i care(maybe i also overdo it…) another thing is how to deal with financial issues. i was never taught how to take care of money as my father gave us everything. but i got married and things had to change and that was and still is difficult.

aries i experienced that total opposite of how your mother dealt with it. i call it aushwitz syndrom. as if they are still on the train there because alot of times my father gave over the message that there is nothing that we can do about when it came to certain things. just like on the train there they couldnt do a thing. again i dont judge. if not for sending me to israel age 14 i probably would never be able to somehow become a mentsh(and i am still far from being perfect)