Holocaust consciousness shaped Milgram’s identity before his research career

Evidence

And we can see the close identification with his people expressed by Milgram in 1946 in a speech he wrote and delivered at the celebration of his bar mitzvah: “As I come of age and find happiness in joining the rank[s] of Israel, the knowl­ edge of the tragic suffering of my fellow Jews throughout war-torn Europe makes this also a solemn event and an occasion to reflect upon the heritage of my people—which now becomes mine.” — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 597

Categorization

• QUESTION: How much of the postwar generation of Jewish social scientists had this same formative identification? Worth chasing as a cohort pattern.
• XREF: connects to: Milgram’s obedience studies remain psychology’s dominant explanation of Holocaust perpetration. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 589; Milgram’s family still had relatives in wartime Europe — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 597

Broader Connections

• Milgram’s family still had relatives in wartime Europe #expands (0.85) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 597