World in motion—the emotional impact of mass migration

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ID14775673
AuthorsElisabeth Rohr (0009-0000-1426-2309, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume51
Issue3
Pages283-296
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0533316418784697
OpenAlexW2808723889
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

I feel very honoured and am enormously pleased to have been invited to speak here at the 17th Symposium of the Group Analytic Society International in Berlin. It means a lot to me, to be able to speak here today, because Berlin is a very special place for me. It is here, in this town, that my Jewish grandfather met my Christian grandmother almost 100 years ago. They fell in love and about a year later my mother was born. 20 years later my Jewish grandfather was forced to leave Germany, together with his new family. Therefore, I never had a chance to get to know him. When I was 20, I myself left Germany to live in New Orleans, USA. I stayed there for five years and then returned to Germany. It cannot be denied, migration and refuge have always been an issue in my family and in my personal life, that is why I cannot talk about migration and refugees without emotions and without being moved. This can be sensed and felt also in the following explorations and thoughts about the emotional impact of mass migration

Archaeology · Cartography · Fell · Forced migration · Geography · Immigration · Judaism · Mass migration · Refugee · Sociology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Representations and Identity

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