Our Mission 🌟
Our mission is to interview survivors of organized persecution of children with a focus on psychological aspects of their experiences, to research the history and circumstances of the persecution, and draw lessons which may help…
Preserving testimony. Advancing research. Supporting teaching.
ChildSurvivors.org is a scholarly initiative dedicated to Collecting and preserving testimonies of Child Survivors, analyzing the impact of organized persecution of children, encouraging education, and offering publications and lectures
Our archive of over 1500 psychologically oriented interviews with child survivors of the Holocaust and additional interviews with children of Nazis is housed at Hebrew University and available to researchers.
🕊️ Who We Are
Our Mission and Leadership.
Our History and Founders 📜
Table of Contents Child Development Research The Issue of German Reparations after WW2 The Last Witness: The Child Survivor of the Holocaust Milton and Judith Kestenberg: Obituaries Child Development Research is an umbrella organization dedicated to…
Projects | Interviews 🧩
Child Development Research and ISOPC is dedicated to restoring and preserving the mental health of children especially those who have suffered under the extreme trauma of organized persecution. This includes documenting patterns of normal child…
📚 Research: Publications and Books
Peer-reviewed articles, books, bibliographies, and links.
Articles ✍️
Authored by Judith Kestenberg (For a copy of any of these articles please send a request with a check or money order for $15.00 to cover the costs of copying and mailing) Contact Us first…
Books by Our Authors 📖
Eva Fogelman presents compelling stories of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust--and offers a revealing analysis of their motivations. Fogelman delves into the psychology of altruism, illuminating why these rescuers chose to act while others simply stood by.
Links 🔗
Annotated Links to Other Holocaust and Child Survivor Organizations. There are thousands of organizations and many web sites. We list but a few here. If you would like your organization cross linked with ours, please contact us.
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Danger Spots 📍
During the last three decades, the number of children who are affected by violent conflicts has doubled. In the same period there was a 170% increase in grave violations against children in those areas.
📅 Jan 19, 2025
Opening of the Judith S. Kestenberg Papers at the Library of Congress
Join us in celebrating the legacy of Judith S. Kestenberg, a Jewish-Polish-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Renowned for her pioneering work on the psychodynamics of bodily movement and her psychohistorical studies on the Holocaust, Dr. Kestenberg’s contributions have left an indelible mark on fields of mental health, movement behaviour research, dance/movement therapy and Holocaust studies.
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