difficulties between the sur-
vivors and their grown chil-
dren," she added.
A bright spot, Ms. Gorko
said, is that although the
survivors and their children
often have difficult relation-
ships, many survivors seem
to have wonderful relation-
ships with their grand-
children. They do not have
the same expectations of
their grandchildren as of
their children, nor are the
survivors as hard on this
third generation.
"Besides," Ms. Gorko said,
"survivors were working
and struggling when their
children were young, so they
didn't have time to play with
them and maybe they didn't
have the spirit. Now, with
the passage of time, many
have more to give."
"The pain will never go
away and the past will never
disappear and the losses will
always be there," according
to Ms. Gorko. "But even
now, mourning would help
Holocaust survivors.
"Talking about their expe-
riences and feelings, even
though painful, can still be
beneficial."
Ms. Gorko, a vice president
of the International Net-
work of Children of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors, defines
a Jewish survivor as any
Jew who was in Europe
when persecution started in
his or her country.
She said studies have
shown that children of sur-
vivors, expected to be a drain
on society, have not been so.
Instead, every controlled
study has shown that they
have no more, nor fewer,
problems than anyone else.
American-born, Ms. Gorko
grew up without grand-
parents, aunts and uncles
and first cousins. She has a
strong sense of family and is
concerned about being "the
last Gorko."
"Being a child of survivors
flavors your life," she said.
"It's the canvas on which
you paint your life."
Ms. Gorko said she has
worked very hard in therapy
to deal with her problems re-
lating to the Holocaust.
She had to deal with the
fact that she grew up in a
sad household as an only
child because her older
sister, Helena, died in an
Auschwitz gas chamber at
the age of 5.
"We, as children of sur-
vivors, always knew what
people could do to each
other," she said. "We never
had the notion that the
world was a good place."
"I don't remember finding
out," she said. "I always
knew." ❑
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