The cut: Psychoanalysis with a third‐generation holocaust survivor

Abstract This paper underscores the dual responsibility in psychoanalytic practice: addressing individual and societal traumas. Using Benjamin, a third‐generation Holocaust survivor, as a case study, it advocates integrating societal traumas into psychoanalysis, moving beyond individual denial. Benjamin's journey, involving psychoanalysis and community support, highlights the importance of active engagement with trauma for post‐memorial healing. The psychotherapist, in this case, plays a crucial role in witnessing and addressing intergenerationally transmitted trauma, fostering the patient's transformation and confronting their own historical connections to broader societal traumas.