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What to do when family trauma creates gaps in ethnic identity

My Polish grandparents survived the Holocaust but never talked about it and now they are gone and I feel disconnected from this huge part of my heritage.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intergenerational trauma can create silence around cultural history, leaving descendants with incomplete understanding of their heritage and identity.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

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