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Holocaust Survivors

            The Psychological Affects of the Holocaust.
             The Holocaust was a tragic point in history which many people believe never happened. Others who survived it thought it should never have been. Not only did this affect the people who lived through it, it also affected everyone who was connected to those fortunate individuals who survived. The survivors were lucky to have made it but there are times when their memories and flashbacks have made them wish they were the ones who died instead of living with the horrible aftermath. The psychological effects of the Holocaust on people from different parts such as survivors of Israel and survivors of the ghettos and camps vary in some ways yet in others are profoundly similar. The vast number of prisoners of various nationalities and religions in the camps made such differences inevitable. Many contrasting opinions have been published about the victims and survivors of the holocaust based on the writers' different cultural backrounds, personal experiences and intelectual traditions. Therefore, the opinions of the authors of such books and entries of human behavior and survival in the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe are very diverse. .
             The Survivors of the Holocaust: General Survey.
             Because the traumatization of the Holocaust was both individual and collective, most individuals made efforts to create a "new family" to replace the nuclear family that had been lost. In order for the victims to resist dehumanization and regression and to find support, the members of such groups shared stories about the past, fantasies of the future and joint prayers as well as poetry and expressions of personal and general human aspirations for hope and love. Imagination was an important means of liberation from the frustrating reality by opening an outlet for the formulation of plans for the distant future, and by spurring to immediate actions. .
             Looking at the history of the Jewish survivors, from the beginning of the Nazi occupation until the liquidation of the ghettos shows that there are common features and simmilar psychophysiological patterns in their responses to the persecutions.


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1. Psychological Effects of the Holocaust

... some did not even find a reason to move on or a point to living itself. By then, 6 million of the Jewish population had been wiped out, and only 200,000 survived. Holocaust survivors dealt with many psychological problems because of the horrific sights they witnessed behind the gates of the concentration camps. In Elie Wiesel's 1978 collection of writings, A Jew Today, he states ... "time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open" (Wiesel 222). Even though Holocaust survivors and families did everything in trying to go on with their lives without being reminde...

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2. SNCF Apologizes for Role in Nazi Deportations

... requisitioned as a cog in the Nazi extermination machine. We will never forget it," he said. Harriet Tamen, a New York lawyer who was hired by 600 Holocaust survivors to file a class-action lawsuit against SNCF, reported that she was getting phone calls all day from Holocaust survivors who were "furious and heartbroken." Tamen said Pepy should have "skipped the bowing and written a check instead." Many ... survivors agreed that SNCF should be paying reparations. "They didn't apologize. They said they were forced to do this by the Germans. They're turning themselves into ... on the trai...

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3. Christianity and Judaism in the Wake of the Holocaust

... David R. Blumenthal, a professor of Judaic Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. Blumenthal makes a very interesting observation regarding Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and their reactions post-World War II. He asserts that Holocaust survivors display many of the same responses as do adult survivors of child abuse. A third approach taken is that of Stephen Haynes and John Roth, professors of Religious Studies at Rhodes ... College and Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, respectively. These two well-respected men in the field of Holocaust studies fuse together the ideas of ......

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4. Maus and the Psychological Effects of the Holocaust

... the success Vladek has in Poland before and after the war, he decides to move with Anja to America. Dan Savin M.D. and Shalom Robinson M.D. report that, "after the Holocaust, many survivors moved to new surroundings... where there were not so many constant reminders of the trauma," (Robinson). People lost their entire lives, including their family and possessions. By leaving Poland ... increasingly high among people who have suffered severe stress and trauma. Many people feel guilty for having survived the Holocaust when they were unable to help their loved ones survive (Robinson). Acco...

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5. Holocaust

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6. Holocaust Denial Theory

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7. Holocaust

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8. Italy And The Holocaust

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9. Shoenberg And Holocaust Music

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