Recent studies indicate that Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Mexico did so in smaller numbers compared to other Latin American countries. Among these survivors were orphaned children who had endured both hiding and the adoption of false identities, frequently relocating and changing homes and families. Even upon their arrival in Mexico, their reunions with relatives were not always positive. By focusing on the stories of three orphaned children, this chapter explores their experiences of both persecution in Europe and safety in Mexico. The chapter also examines the strategies they developed during the Holocaust and throughout their migration to Mexico, their coping mechanisms for family loss and identity disruption, and their experiences of “living after and living with” traumatic childhoods and new beginnings.

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Experiences of Persecution, Family Separations, Forced Migration, and Life Reconfigurations of Holocaust Child Survivors in Mexico

  • Yael Siman

摘要

Recent studies indicate that Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Mexico did so in smaller numbers compared to other Latin American countries. Among these survivors were orphaned children who had endured both hiding and the adoption of false identities, frequently relocating and changing homes and families. Even upon their arrival in Mexico, their reunions with relatives were not always positive. By focusing on the stories of three orphaned children, this chapter explores their experiences of both persecution in Europe and safety in Mexico. The chapter also examines the strategies they developed during the Holocaust and throughout their migration to Mexico, their coping mechanisms for family loss and identity disruption, and their experiences of “living after and living with” traumatic childhoods and new beginnings.