Free Support Group for Holocaust Descendants
Free Support Group for Holocaust Descendants
Generations Forward is a warm, welcoming community group for 2G, 3G, and 4G descendants of Holocaust survivors. It is a safe environment to share your personal experiences, connect with others who understand, and make sense of what you carry as a descendant of Holocaust survivors.
Since October 7, many descendants have found themselves feeling more triggered, more unsettled, and less able to make sense of what they are feeling - and why. Now more than ever, it is important to come together, build community, and know you are not alone in what you are feeling.
The group is open - each session stands alone, so you can drop in anytime. You do not need to have attended a previous session to join.
Each gathering centres around a theme that opens the door to conversation, connection, and reflection.
How trauma passes through generations biologically, psychologically, and through family behaviour - and why you can feel something you never directly lived through.
Why hypervigilance, anxiety, and a heightened sense of danger can be inherited, not just learned - and how your body reacts before your brain does.
How silence itself gets passed down, and how guilt travels to descendants who were not there - showing up in ways you may not have recognized until now.
Reclaiming cultural pride and richness that exists outside of persecution - separating who you are from what was done to your family.
How current events and antisemitism activate ancestral fear in the body - and the particular exhaustion of navigating this moment in the world.
Am Yisrael Chai and the Jewish tradition of survival. Finding meaning without minimizing pain - and why healing from collective trauma requires collective space.
...and many more topics shaped by the group and your feedback.
Generations Forward is shaped by the people in the room. We do our best to weave your suggestions into upcoming sessions.
Have a topic you'd like us to cover?
We read every suggestion. Your feedback shapes what we discuss.
Registration is free. Each session stands alone - you can start at any point in the series. We would love to see you there.
Questions? Email info@roadtohappiness.ca