Holocaust

Holocaust

The world's biggest desolation that caused the murders of millions of

Jewish people took place during WWII. The Holocaust orchestrated by the

Nazi Empire destroyed millions of lives and created questions about

humanity that may never be answered. Many psychological effects caused by

the Holocaust forever changed the way the Jewish people view the world and

themselves. The Jewish people have been scarred for generations and may

never be able to once again associate with the rest of the free world.

Further, these scars have now become the looking glass through which the

survivors and their children view the world. Through narrow eyes, the

survivors relate everything to the experiences they endured during the

Holocaust. Likewise, these new views on the world shapes how the survivors

live, interact, and raise a family both socially and spiritually. Some

survivors are scarred so deeply they can not escape the past feelings and

images of terror; they call this Survivor Syndrome.

A Survivor is one who has encountered, been exposed to, or witnessed

death, and has himself of herself remained alive. The symptoms affected

not only survivors, but their families as well. The symptoms included an

inability to work, and even at times to talk. The Jewish people fear that

it may happen again. Also a fear of uniformed police officers because of

their position of power became very common. There were also many feelings

of guilt for having survived when others h...

Holocaust

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