Light from the ashes : social science careers of young Holocaust refugees and survivors / Peter Suedfeld, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : shaped by the past, shaping the future / Peter Suedfeld -- Crossing the borders of difference / Hadassa Black-Gutman -- The quest for continuity : a personal account of the dubious wisdom of hindsight / Shlomo Breznitz -- Languages of war / Mary Engel -- From Shoah to sinology : a roundabout road / René Goldman -- The uses and limitations of perspective / Martin O. Heisler -- Studying and promoting altruism and studying and working to prevent genocide : the guiding role of early survival / Ervin Staub -- A generalist in search of a specialty / Peter Suedfeld -- Reflections of an internationalist / Henry P. David -- Dignity and dehumanization : the impact of the Holocaust on central themes of my work / Herbert C. Kelman -- Holocaust influences on a refugee : indirect (pervasive) and direct (now you see it, now you don't) / Eric Klinger -- The Holocaust and social science : a personal odyssey / Richard Ned Lebow -- Linking the present and the past : a personal story / Gerda Lederer -- A wandering Jew as a social scientist : the convergence of historical and professional life lines / Jacob Lomranz -- Reflecting on memories and professional pursuits / Roberta S. Sigel -- Remembering the Holocaust : snapshots from a cognitive science perspective / Herbert Weingartner -- Coming full circle : learning from the experience of emigration and ethnic prejudice / Karl W. Butzer -- The impact of a childhood in Nazi Germany / Siegfried Streufert -- Loss and renewal / Paul Marcus -- Afterthoughts / Peter Suedfeld.