This article describes the fifth Holocaust Dialogue Group meeting between d
escendants of both victims and perpetrators. This process began in 1994 and
has continued into 1999. It is held in conjunction with the annual Interna
tional Association of Family Therapy Conference. Those in attendance report
that this process has facilitated their catharsis regarding long-repressed
issues and feelings of shame and guilt enabled them to ask probing questio
ns of relatives, and contributed to a profoundly desired healing. Repetitiv
e themes that have emerged in the sessions are highlighted.