Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites
Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites is a practical guide for those who teach, create meaning, or bring visitors to Holocaust museums and historical sites. It provides a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical and psychological issues and challenges encountered in Holocaust museums and difficult exhibition spaces.
This book is geared toward anyone who creates and provides meaningful pathways for visitors to engage in Holocaust exhibitions and knowledge. It provides a framework for understanding not just the historical content of this difficult history, but the emotional and psychological effects experienced by the next generation of its witnesses.

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Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites
Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites is a practical guide for those who teach, create meaning, or bring visitors to Holocaust museums and historical sites. It provides a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical and psychological issues and challenges encountered in Holocaust museums and difficult exhibition spaces.
This book is geared toward anyone who creates and provides meaningful pathways for visitors to engage in Holocaust exhibitions and knowledge. It provides a framework for understanding not just the historical content of this difficult history, but the emotional and psychological effects experienced by the next generation of its witnesses.

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Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites

Overview

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites is a practical guide for those who teach, create meaning, or bring visitors to Holocaust museums and historical sites. It provides a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical and psychological issues and challenges encountered in Holocaust museums and difficult exhibition spaces.
This book is geared toward anyone who creates and provides meaningful pathways for visitors to engage in Holocaust exhibitions and knowledge. It provides a framework for understanding not just the historical content of this difficult history, but the emotional and psychological effects experienced by the next generation of its witnesses.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216381204
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 02/19/2026
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Julie Golding is presently the curator at the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education (HMCTE) in Suffern, NY. Her most recent exhibit, Sacred Scrolls of the Holocaust, teaches about Jewish life and Holocaust history through material culture. In 2020 she founded Yesodeinu, an experiential Holocaust education program that teaches resilience at local cemeteries and historical sites. Julie previously served as Director of Education at the Amud Aish Memorial Museum in Brooklyn, NY, and as an educational consultant at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem.

Julie earned her PhD at Yeshiva University as a Wexner Graduate Fellow & Davidson Scholar. Her dissertation, “Vicarious Trauma Experienced by Visitors to a Central Holocaust Museum,” investigated secondary traumatic stress, student coping styles, and teaching about difficult histories in museum spaces. She also received a Master of Arts in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts in Judaic Studies from Touro University.

Julie's work in film, exhibitions, and site-based learning has reached thousands of learners across the globe. She presently teaches Holocaust Studies for Fairleigh Dickinson University. Julie was awarded the Board of Regents Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award for her outstanding contribution to New York State education about the Holocaust and other violations of human rights.



MICHAEL BERENBAUM was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at GeorgetownUniversity. From 1988-1993, he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he was responsible for the conceptualization and development of the Museum's permanent exhibition. Berenbaum is the President and CEO of The Survivors of the Shoah, A Visual History Foundation, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Difficult Exhibitions: Exploring the complexities of challenging histories
Chapter 2: Through Their Eyes: Understanding vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress
Chapter 3: Teaching in Tension: Holocaust pedagogy and memory education
Chapter 4: Bearing Witness: Survivor voices and testimony
Chapter 5: Unlocking the Past: The promise and perils of museum engagement
Chapter 6: Teaching with Compassion: Trauma-informed approaches in Holocaust education
Chapter 7: Vicarious Resilience
Appendix: The Auschwitz Exhibit: A Case Study
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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