Sounds from silence: reflections of a child Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist and teacher

An extended reflection on the effects of being a child Holocaust survivor and a child of Holocaust survivors.
Krell explores the circumstances that marked his whole life: the frustration of an abandoned child, the understanding that can only be acquired in adulthood, the regret of a mother who had to let go of her son to save his life. When Krell was only two years old and living in warn-torn the Netherlands, the Christian Munnik family was entrusted with his care. There, he learned to recognize a mother, a father and a sister in the faces of those who once were no more than family acquaintances.
After WWII he was reunited with his parents who miraculously survived. Both parents and child had to deal with massive unspoken trauma. They choose to keep it at bay, deciding that never talking about it would help them forget and eventually heal. Until Krell realized that forgetting is not a cure but a threat.