Welcome to the fifth stop! Here you will learn about the psychological effects of the Concentration Camps. Here I want you to be able to explain what some of the psychological effects of Concentration Camps are, and who they effect.
(Above is a picture of a book about the Holocaust Trauma and the psychological effects and treatment.)
After World War II, the medical profession in many countries started to be confronted with survivors of the Nazi concentration camps. It took several years before a unified scientifically based view of their problems could develop. In 1961, William G. Nielderland, foremost psychoanalyst in the field of treating survivors, coined the term Survivor Syndrome. He came to realize that the symptoms affected not only survivors, but their families as well. The predominant symptoms included an inability to work, and even at times to talk. Anxieties and fears of renewed persecution, such as fearing uniformed police officers, were apparent. There were also many feelings of guilt -- for having survived when others had not. "Why am I alive?" Why not my sister and brother...my whole family?" The survivors presented symptoms involving thoughts of death, nightmares, panic attacks, and various other psychosomatic symptoms. Marital problems would combine with disinterest in life, people, and sometimes even in reality.
(Above is a picture of a book about the psychological and medical effects of Concentration Camps on Holocaust survivors.)
Now that you have a better understanding of the psychological effects of the Concentration Camps, let's continue to learn about some of the most famous people of the Holocaust! Please continue to Stop 6 by clicking on link on the right margin!
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