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3 A) Dialogue is a grouping of four video clips. Some of the time, we see and hear from Samson, the son of two, Jewish, concentration camp survivors (from Poland and Germany). Samson speaks in English. Importantly, we also hear and see Dirk, the son of the Gestapo commandant of Braunschweig, Germany. He speaks in German, with English subtitles. Dirk reads his father's final letter, composed just prior to post-war execution for Nazi crimes, written to Dirk's mother. We learn an important bit of their (Dirk's and Samson's) analyses as well. While viewing this video, please actually try to imagine such moments as starting points for many, genuine, intensive discussions (in this particular case, between sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors and daughters and sons of Nazi perpetrators — Dirk and Samson are two members of such a group). It is just this kind of poignant, personal and courageous expression and listening that begin and enrich one sort of dialogue in relation to genocide or to mass violence — dialogue that we encourage and facilitate. To view the streaming, six-minute video Dialogue, click: B) TFT at the U.N. is an audio clip. The United Nations' NGO Committee on Mental Health held a conference in New York 8 February 2001 entitled Racism, Hatred and Reconciliation. The NGOs and individuals invited to attend as audience were related to mental health, to social work and to conflict resolution. The moderator was Joseph de Meyer, Ph.D., Member-at-Large, NGO Committee on Mental Health; UN Representative, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division of the American Psychological Association); also, a full-time clinical psychoanalyst. The day comprised a two-hour morning presentation, from 10 am 'til noon, and a three-hour afternoon presentation, from 1 pm 'til 4 pm. The morning, two-hour presentation was made by Katherine Klinger and by Samson Munn, together presenting their work, themselves and The Foundation Trust. The audience comprised ~ 25 NGO representatives and others. The presentation included oral presentations by Katherine Klinger and by Samson Munn, screening of the entire BBC documentary film, "Children of the Third Reich" (about To Reflect and Trust, including Dr. Munn), and ~ 25-30 minutes of discussion. The speakers were introduced by Margrit Rustow-Wreschner, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in New York, a member of the NGO Committee on Mental Health, and herself a Holocaust survivor. The afternoon session included several presentations, in this order, introduced by Dr. de Meyer: Jacqueline Nzoyihera, Associate Human Rights Officer, New York Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights who spoke on the role of that office; Karen Wyche, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, NYU School of Social Work, on "Racism: Definitions and Applications"; Jörg Bose, M.D., Director, William Alanson White Institute of Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry and Psychology, on "On Hating and Being Hated"; Flora Hogman, Ph.D., Psychologist and Instructor at the New School for Social Research, on "The German and Jewish Journeys Following the Holocaust"; Morton Deutsch, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Social Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, Director Emeritus, Department of Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, and Former Chair, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues of the American Psychological Association, on "Injustice and Reconciliation"; and, Katherine Klinger, P.G.C.E., Founder of Second Generation Trust, Co-Founder of The Foundation Trust, and Education and Events Co-ordinator of the Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library (London), and Samson Munn, M.D., Founder of The Austrian Encounter, Co-Founder of The Foundation Trust, founding participant in To Reflect and Trust, and Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Tufts University (Boston), on "The Foundation Trust." There was also an add-on presentation from two members of Seeds of Peace — Palestinian and Israeli Jewish teenagers spoke about their experiences as "Seeds." Finally, there was a period of questions, answers and discussion. Nancy Wallace, the Chair of the NGO Committee on Mental Health, reported that ~ 40-50 additional people were turned away at the door because the room was already too full. A total of ~ 130 individuals were in the audience, representing themselves and/or their NGOs. This audio clip is the afternoon presentation of The Foundation Trust by Ms. Klinger and Dr. Munn, followed by some of the final, discussion period. The first minute or two of introductions are difficult to hear, but the remaining 43 minutes of actual presentations are clearly audible. To hear the streaming, ~ 45-minute audio TFT at the U.N., click: [The first minute or two (introductions) may be difficult to hear, but the remaining 43 minutes of actual presentations are clearly audible and of good quality.] |
Dialogue
TFT
at the U.N.