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Leila Levinson
narrative nonfiction, PTSD, multigenerational consequences of war's trauma

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PUBLISHED: Jan.21.2011

Gated Grief: The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma

After her father died, Leila Levinson found horrifying photographs his World War II Army trunk that revealed he had been among the liberators of Nordhausen Concentration Camp at the end of the war. Realizing these photographs might be clues to her father's emotional detachment and silence, Levinson set out to meet and interview other World War II vets who had helped to...

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May.25.2011 - 7:19 pm

The Trauma that Came Home from World War II

What words would you use to describe the World War II combat veterans, the men and women we have called the “Greatest Generation?” Humble? Hard-working? Dedicated to their...

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About Leila

The daughter of a Nazi concentration camp liberator and army surgeon, Leila Levinson created and taught a Holocaust literature course at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. A freelance commentator on cultural issues, she has appeared on CNN, is a...

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