Rebuilding Lives: Overcoming Holocaust Trauma

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Around three and a half million Jews were liberated after surviving the Holocaust. After liberation those Jews had to live with the memories of the horrible trauma they endured during the Holocaust. Soviet Soldiers were liberating prisoners from concentration camps starting in the mid 1940s. Although, after liberation, it was not very easy for these survivors to go back to the lives they left behind. It was challenging for survivors to rebuild their lives after the Holocaust for numerous reasons. They first had to cope with trauma from their experiences, then resettle in a new country, and lastly find closure and move on with their lives.
With respect to this, the trauma many survivors experienced throughout the Holocaust terribly affects their …show more content…

Publications by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum discuss how hard it was for so many survivors of the Holocaust to find homes in new countries. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, hundreds of thousands of Jews were left homeless and seeking shelter. It was up to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to find homes for these people. This was a struggle because Jews feared to go home to the countries they were from, and many other countries would not let them in. Many wanted to go to Palestine, but fewer than one hundred thousand were allowed to enter. Approximately one hundred thirty seven thousand people found homes in the United States, and the rest were sent to France, Canada, and Great Britain (The Aftermath of the Holocaust). For these reasons it could take a long time for survivors to find new homes. Also, after they resettled in new countries they still had to adjust to new cultures and lifestyles there. This long resettlement process made it a struggle for Jews to continue with their lives after the Holocaust. Because of this, getting back to a normal life after the Holocaust was much easier said than

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