"This book is so unique in content, form, and authenticity, that it defies traditional boundaries. It is a book about history. It is a book about cultural upheaval. It is a book about psychic catastrophe. It is a story of human resolve and a story of survival, repair, and creativity among psychoanalytic healers whose notions influenced not just their colleagues and their patients, but all of Western culture before and after World War II." - Philip Bromberg, From the Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich

"We are all beholden to Dr. Kuriloff for her brilliant and magisterial book which provides a vital perspective on the disastrous, pervasive, and, often profoundly disowned impact of the Third Reich on psychoanalysts and their movement." - Edgar Levenson, MD fellow emeritus, faculty W.A.White Psychoanalytic Institute

"Many researchers, historians, and clinicians have grappled to penetrate the unfathomable horror of the Holocaust and its social, political and intellectual ramifications, but Kuriloff offers a uniquely open and comprehensive view of theoretical development across several countries and continents. Kuriloff carefully balances depth and sensitivity, never foreclosing on a single idea as 'the' explanation for why a theory developed in a particular way at a particular time and always being exacting but fair in her critique of previous attempts at meaning making. Her book offers an overview of the personal impact of exile, loss, trauma, and resilience during and after the Holocaust on analytic theory." Rebecca Coleman Curtis and Laura Grace, PsycCRITIQUES

"This volume contains masterful analyses of the many ways in which trauma leaves consequences, and documents how the brutal Nazi persecution in the context of different cultural environments influenced psychoanalysts' theoretical orientation, their clinical work with survivors and patients in general, and the life of psychoanalytic institutions. Dr. Kuriloff has opened new perspectives on the psychological consequences of the Holocaust, on the influence of cultural trauma on the psychological functioning of adults, and on the history of psychoanalysis and of 20th century Jewish culture. Last but not least, the humanity, openness and flexibility of her approach make these interviews and her analysis of them an exciting, thought-provoking, moving experience". - Otto Kernberg, New York Presbyterian Hospital

"This book will provoke useful discussion of the topic. It is of interest to psychoanalysis and students of the Holocaust and the history of ideas. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals" - R.H. Balsam, Yale University, CHOICE