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Psychotherapy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Zimmermann ◽  
Elisheva van der Hal ◽  
Martin Auerbach ◽  
Danny Brom ◽  
Liron Ben-Ezra ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 202-202
Author(s):  
Yaacov Bachner ◽  
Sara Carmel ◽  
Ella Cohn-Schwartz

Abstract Holocaust survivors could be especially vulnerable to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic due to their early life traumas. Thus, the current study examines the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of Holocaust survivors in Israel, compared to adults who did not experience the Holocaust. We collected quantitative data from 305 adults aged 75+ (38% Holocaust survivors) in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicate that Holocaust survivors were worried to a greater extent from COVID-19 and reported greater depression which became worse during the pandemic. On the other hand, despite these differences, the two groups were similar in their will to live. In conclusion, Holocaust survivors seem to be more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening the vulnerability hypothesis, while also showing resilience in their will to live. Policy makers and practitioners should pay special attention to this particularly vulnerable population during these difficult times.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Jesse Toufexis

The central preoccupation of Chava Rosenfarb’s “Edgia’s Revenge” is an escape from a perceived outward Jewishness. That Rosenfarb’s protagonist is never afforded this vital flight is one of the story’s key dramas that plays out in the form of a power dynamic between two Holocaust survivors, Rella and Edgia. On the surface, this failure can be attributed to Rella’s anxiety and guilt about her former role as a kapo in a concentration camp. This article argues, however, that Rella’s failure to rid herself of her Jewishness and her past is exemplified through the use of mountains as sacred zones in “Edgia’s Revenge.”La préoccupation centrale de « Edgia’s Revenge » de Chava Rosenfarb est d’échapper à une judéité perçue comme extérieure. Le fait que le protagoniste de Rosenfarb ne puisse jamais s’offrir ce vol vital est l’un des principaux drames de l’histoire qui se joue sous la forme d’une dynamique de pouvoir entre deux survivants de l’Holocauste, Rella et Edgia. À première vue, cet échec peut être attribué à l’anxiété et à la culpabilité de Rella concernant son ancien rôle de kapo dans un camp de concentration. Cet article soutient cependant que l’échec de Rella à se débarrasser de sa judéité et de son passé est illustré par l’utilisation des montagnes comme zones sacrées dans « Edgia’s Revenge ».


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 86-98
Author(s):  
Lucas F.W. Wilson
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Bernice Eisenstein’s I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors demonstrates how hand-me-downs function as physical links that Eisenstein uses when attempting to bridge the gaps between herself, her late father, and his Holocaust past in order to address her postmemory; however, as much as these hand-me-downs allow her to address her postmemories, they reinscribe inherited traumas that stem from her father’s Holocaust past. Eisenstein’s work serves as a generative example of how the second generation’s relationships to such clothing often reflect how they inherit and are “dressed in” their postmemories.L’ouvrage de Bernice Eisenstein, I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors, montre comment les vêtements usés fonctionnent comme des liens physiques qu’Eisenstein utilise pour tenter de combler le fossé entre elle-même, son défunt père et le passé de l’Holocauste de ce dernier, afin d’aborder sa post-mémoire ; cependant, autant ces vêtements lui permettent d’aborder sa post-mémoire, autant ils réinscrivent les traumatismes hérités du passé de l’Holocauste de son père. Le travail d’Eisenstein sert d’exemple génératif de la façon dont les relations de la deuxième génération avec ces vêtements reflètent souvent la façon dont ils héritent et sont « habillés » de leurs post-mémoires.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
Timothy Plum

The book Last Train to Auschwitz: The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability, written by Sarah Federman traces the SNCF’s journey toward accountability in France and the United States. Told from the Holocaust survivors’ perspective the volume illustrates the long-term effects of the railroad’s complicity with the Nazis on individuals, and transitional justice that leads to corporate accountability. In a time when corporations are increasingly granted the same rights as people, Federman’s detailed account demonstrates the obligations businesses to atone for aiding and abetting governments in committing atrocities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Assaf Shelef

AbstractSignificant risk factors for Covid-19 infection include old age ,somatic illnesses as well as psychiatric and neurological illnesses such as dementia and schizophrenia .This lecture reviews the specific case of measures and considerations that were used to protect elderly holocaust survivors with severe mental illness or dementia, in Israel. We had to protect our residents from the virus, yet preserve certain autonomy.In addition this lecture reviews global aspects of nursing homes struggle during the pandemic as reflected in various periods (at beginning in march 2020, during various waves and after vaccinations). During the pandemic 100 holocaust survivors were monitored and protected in their long term residence at Lev-Hasharon mental health center, Israel with variety of measures such as recurrent PCR tests to inpatients and staff, isolation during fever and after emergency department visits etc. The features of caregivers visits changed in time. The safety measures that were taken in our nursing home and around the world is reviewed as well as the demand for preserving the autonomy and rights of the tenants.At the beginning families could not visit at all and virtual contacts were maintained in patients that could communicate. After the first wave a "drive in" method was carried out, families communicated with their relatives from a car.During the second wave of the virus in Israel (September 2020), an outbreak spread in our residence. 14 patients tested positive for COVID19, all suffering from dementia or schizophrenia. They were immediately placed in quarantine in Corona departments in other geriatric and general hospitals. All patients came back after recovering, small part of them regressed.As the pandemic continued we allowed visits with social distance and masks that were monitored by the staff. After vaccinations we allowed families to be with the elderly patients in the open yard without staff inspection. Four patients were infected during the third wave, although they were immunized.We had to consider every step of the way protection versus some autonomy to our patients and families and weigh creative ways to do this.


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