Some analysands need to know what the analyst is ready to hear. Saying, “You have never spoken to me about the Shoah” can help overcome the terror, the grip of the “conspiracy of silence” or common denial. There are situations where the analyst’s silence is a matter of deprivation and not of drive frustration. Some artists and writers manage to overcome alone the “conspiracy of silence” and bear witness to the unimaginable nature of the Shoah.