The List; The Making of an Online Transnational Second Generation Community

This is a book about an online community of the Second Generation (2g), childrenof Holocaust survivors. Created in 1995, e List was the brainchild of Paul Foldes,a 2g electrical engineer and consumer attorney turned businessman. Knowing thatonline communities were an opportunity to reach beyond local meetings, he founded e List even before the web existed.Created when internet communication was just beginning for most people, it wasthe rst to break local and national barriers to become a truly international, Englishspeaking,2g framework. Based on a free internet platform, with moderators workingon a volunteer basis, it required no funding. e Second Generation had nallycome into its own. e book tells the story of the List and its members over a quarterof a century.