Catastrophic Grief, Trauma, and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors : : A Retrospective View of Their Holocaust Experiences / / Cora Smith, Gillian Eagle, Tracey Rori Farber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Farber, Tracey Rori,; Eagle, Gillian,; Smith, Cora,
• MitwirkendeR: Eagle, Gillian,; Farber, Tracey,; Shmukler, Diana,; Smith, Cora,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)

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.

Table of 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