# Robert Don ## Posts - [The Shoah – How The Past Becomes The Present](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/the-shoah-how-the-past-becomes-the-present/) - [Intergenerational Trauma – The Hidden Voices After The Holocaust](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/intergenerational-trauma-the-hidden-voices-after-the-holocaust/): While much has been told about the atrocities of the Holocaust survivors, their descendants have trauma too. There has been so much shared of survivors’ accounts of the atrocities they lived through in the Holocaust, but not nearly enough of the trauma they’ve passed onto their children, their children’s children, and what future generations may […] - [My Overbearing Mother and I (Robert Don) – Was It All The Right Love](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/my-overbearing-mother-and-i-robert-don-was-it-all-the-right-love/): My mother I was raised with overbearing affection by my mother, so that I felt growing up no one could have loved me more. She was always there for me, coming to my ballgames, walking me to school, when I was bullied for being a fat little kid, often with kids in my class, and […] - [Why Did I Become A Writer  – The Story I Needed To Tell](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/why-did-i-become-a-writer-the-story-i-needed-to-tell/): Why Did I Become A Writer  – The Story I Needed To Tell Why Did I Become A Writer  – The Story I Needed To Tell I decided to change careers from my professional background in corporate banking, senior within risk management, to becoming a writer when I was laid off from my position with […] - [Kristallnacht - Through the Eyes of a Schindler Survivor's Son](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/kristallnacht-through-the-eyes-of-a-schindler-survivors-son/): Featured on the Times of Israel Blog    On the night of November 9-10, 1938, Nazi German leaders unleashed a nationwide   antisemitic riot.  This week marked 87 years after this unconscionable event. The violence was supposed to appear as an unplanned outburst of popular anger against Jews. But in reality, it was state-sponsored terror of […] - [Survivor And Inherited Trauma - The Shoah and 10/7](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/survivor-and-inherited-trauma-the-shoah-and-10-7/): Featured on The Times of Israel Blog     There has been so much shared of survivors’ accounts of the atrocities they lived through in the Holocaust, but not nearly enough of the trauma they’ve passed onto their children, their children’s children and what future generations may have to bear.  If we only consider the approximately […] - [Yom Kippur's Meaning to the Son of a Schindler Jew](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/yom-kippurs-meaning-to-the-son-of-a-schindler-jew/): Featured in The Times of Israel blog   On Yom Kippur day, October 1993, my rabbi’s sermon in synagogue was the story of the upcoming release next month of the movie “Schindler’s List.”  It had been five years after my mother passed away.  At the end of the Rabbi’s speech that day, my father who […] ## Pages - [Blogs](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/blogs/): Latest Insights Recent Reflections Thoughts on trauma, healing, and the human spirit Intergenerational Trauma – The Hidden Voices After The Holocaust While much has been told about the atrocities of the Holocaust survivors, their descendants have trauma too. 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You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know […] - [Home](https://inthemidstofdarkness.com/): In the Midst of Darkness By Robert Don When a Child Learns to Hate: A Second Generation Holocaust Survivor’s Journey “My perceptions weren’t my own—they were my mother’s.” Learn More Historical Testimony A first-hand account of survival and its lasting impact Generational Truth Exploring inherited trauma across generations Path to Healing Finding light in the […] [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)