Catastrophic grief, trauma, and resilience in child concentration camp survivors : a retrospective view of their Holocaust experiences / edited by Tracey Rori Farber, Gillian Eagle, and Cora Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farber, Tracey Rori, Author.

Contributor:

Farber, Tracey Rori, 1966- editor.

Eagle, Gillian, editor.

Smith, Cora (Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust survivors--Psychology.

Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors--Mental health.

Holocaust survivors--Interviews.

Jewish children in the Holocaust--Interviews.

Jewish children in the Holocaust.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Psychic trauma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders. Based on extensive face to face interview material, enduring psychological and symptomatic effects were evident. Survivors retained vivid recollections of the horror of internment and expressed ongoing grief for the multiple losses they had experienced. Unresolved grief contributed to a sense of existential loneliness, particularly prominent in their late life reflections. Despite indications of resilience and life productivity, a ‘Trauma Trilogy’ of inter-linked catastrophic grief, anger and survivor guilt contributed to a sense of pain and struggle in negotiating Erikson’s final life task of Integrity versus Despair.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. Literature Review

2. Research Approach

3. Experiences and Testimonies of Child Concentration Camp Survivors

4. Findings and Discussion: Themes of Trauma and Devastating Loss that Emerged from Testimony of Child Concentration Camp Survivors

5. Reflexivity and Countertransference

6. Interventions

7. Temporality and the Reevaluation of Memories in Aging Child Holocaust Survivors: A Developmental Trajectory

8. A Particular Form of Complex Traumatization

9. What Can Be Learned from Child Concentration Camp Survivors about the Impact of Severe Trauma and Its Long-Term Impact on Aging

10. Responding to the Needs of Aging Child Holocaust Survivors and Other Survivors of Severe Early Trauma

Bibliography

Appendix 1. Ethical Clearance Certificate

Appendix 2. Turnitin Plagiarism Report

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64469-635-5

OCLC:

1376234217