Unseen Scars

Unseen Scars: Vicarious Trauma at Holocaust Museums, Exhibitions, and Memorial Sites is a practical guide for those who teach, create meaning, or bring visitors to Holocaust museums and historical sites. It provides a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical and psychological issues and challenges encountered in Holocaust museums and difficult exhibition spaces.
This book is geared toward anyone who creates and provides meaningful pathways for visitors to engage in Holocaust exhibitions and knowledge. It provides a framework for understanding not just the historical content of this difficult history, but the emotional and psychological effects experienced by the next generation of its witnesses.

Julie Golding is presently the curator at the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education (HMCTE) in Suffern, NY. Her most recent exhibit, Sacred Scrolls of the Holocaust, teaches about Jewish life and Holocaust history through material culture. In 2020 she founded Yesodeinu, an experiential Holocaust education program that teaches resilience at local cemeteries and historical sites. Julie previously served as Director of Education at the Amud Aish Memorial Museum in Brooklyn, NY, and as an educational consultant at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem.
Julie earned her PhD at Yeshiva University as a Wexner Graduate Fellow & Davidson Scholar. Her dissertation, "Vicarious Trauma Experienced by Visitors to a Central Holocaust Museum," investigated secondary traumatic stress, student coping styles, and teaching about difficult histories in museum spaces. She also received a Master of Arts in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts in Judaic Studies from Touro University.
Julie's work in film, exhibitions, and site-based learning has reached thousands of learners across the globe. She presently teaches Holocaust Studies for Fairleigh Dickinson University. Julie was awarded the Board of Regents Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award for her outstanding contribution to New York State education about the Holocaust and other violations of human rights.