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Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:56:47 +0200
From: Dvora Shurman
Subject: Fw: Re: [HEALINGSTORY] getting rid of personal history






From: Dvora Shurman
To: Laura Simms ; healing story

Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:40 PM


I spend so much time, "socially", listening to the survivor stories of my
friends here in Israel. I sometimes think they have not left the scene they
tell about at length. Of course there is an organization here to help such
people therapeutically, but that's not it. They need to tell their stories,
especially to others who have been there.

For that reason I had to go to Auschwitz when I visited Poland, as my
survivor friends would not have forgiven me if I hadn't gone to see where
they had been.

The Intensive Journaling I do is also very valuable in evoking the stories
without my judging or directly relating to their content.
Dvora Shurman
following stories around the world
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