Holocaust Survivors Trauma

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Extensive studies have been conducted by scholars and psychologists and personal interviews have been conducted to better understand the trauma of survivors after a genocide. The research below consists of information from the existing state of literature from scholars and psychologists through academic books, recorded testimonies, and scholarly journals. Throughout the paper, first-hand accounts of survivors experiencing trauma will be referenced and analyzed in an attempt to learn more about the aftermath of the Holocaust and one of the many struggles survivors continue to experience. This research paper attempts to better understand the trauma of survivors that carried on after the Holocaust and how this trauma is passed from one generation …show more content…

Does trauma from Holocaust survivors get passed down from one generation to another? If so, what has been passed down through this transmission and how does it occur? Research shows that countless survivors from the Holocaust have had struggles with overcoming their past. PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been a disorder used to characterize Holocaust survivors experiencing trauma. Research proves that this trauma is passed down from one generation to the next, affecting individuals such as children and family members. The goal of this study is to reveal the impact of the Holocaust on survivors and how that effects people’s emotional, spiritual, and physical state and how this unresolved trauma effects proceeding generations. Finally, the study will suggest effective coping mechanisms that have been proposed by survivors such as, Francoise Muteteli, from the Rwandan Genocide in order to overcome their current trauma and put an end to the trauma that is passed down from one generation to the …show more content…

While Jews were subject to extensive physical harm and mistreatment, many anti-Jewish measures were also taken by the Nazi Party. Jews lost their jobs, businesses were required to close, and Jewish property was taken away. Jews were also prohibited from going to public places such as libraries and pools. As the Nazi Party took over the Third Reich, Jews were forced out of their homes and had to live in ghetto and rural areas and some were forced to flee the country. The difficulties that Jews and other victims of the Holocaust had to experience resulted in trauma that still continues to persist. While many individuals struggle to let go of their past experiences, many are still troubled and continue to strive to overcome their fear and

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