Oberlaender,
F.A. (1995): Family Dynamics of German Protestants of Jewish Descent
Stigmatised in Nazi Germany and Their Offspring Born in Post-War West
Germany, in: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 9: 360-377.

Abstract

In this article I have investigated and evaluated by using the Case Reconstruction method the lifestories of Protestant Germans of Jewish ancestry and their children born after 1945. My objective is to determine how stigmatization and persecution in Nazi Germany influenced the family dynamics of those families affected by the new racial policies as well as their relationship to identity fostering groups. I have chosen the Herzberg family to exemplify this general situation because they largely correspond to the ideal Protestant case-type with respect to the degree of persecution they underwent, their social class and status, their level of education and the coping patterns they have employed to deal with their stigmatization. Additional complementary cases will be considered and integrated in a generalized structure presented in my conclusion.

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