ABSTRACT
I am concerned in this chapter with the capacity of children of holocaust survivors to tolerate affects and the construction, in collaboration with a therapist, of a narrative account of data from the remembered, fantasized, and hitherto unexplored past. I suggest that tolerance for certain affects that are Holocaust sequelae is enhanced by the commitment to historical explanation and that such a narrative commitment, when supported by a therapeutic holding environment, constitutes a facilitative element of the treatment process.
