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The late effects of Nazi persecution among elderly Holocaust survivors
Author(s) -
Robinson S.,
Rapaport J.,
Durst R.,
Rapaport M.,
Rosca P.,
Metzer S.,
Zilberman L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01391.x
Subject(s) - persecution , holocaust survivors , the holocaust , nazism , population , world war ii , deportation , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , law , immigration , political science , environmental health , politics
Eighty‐six survivors of the Holocaust from a nonclinical population were interviewed to examine the recent mental state, coping and adjustment of elderly Holocaust survivors. Most of the interviewees suffered after the war and are still suffering from the results of persecution. Death camp survivors suffer more than survivors who were subjected to other forms of Nazi persecution. Despite the mental suffering, Holocaust survivors succeeded to cope and to adjust. They are successful at work and in society. They managed to raise warm families. They behaved and still behave as if fulfilling a testament to those who perished.