While Germany is a very pretty place. Germany is a tragic place as well. What comes to people’s minds when they hear the word Germany is to think of the Holocaust. Many people just know that Hitler killed a variety of people. However, that is not the whole story. He did not only kill people, but also he emotionally and physically hurt them. Hitler did not only kill Jewish people, but he also killed Soviet prisoners, gypsies, the mentally ill. The Jews were the only ones set out for total annihilation. The Holocaust was a world-changing event that has had a far-reaching impact and affects America’s lives today.
The Holocaust was not another massacre. It was an event where people got handed power and used their power to kill innocent people …show more content…
Williams in her article “The Impact of The Holocaust on survivors and their children” she states “The initial reaction of silence proved detrimental to the psychological well being of the survivors and to their families and to their integration into their new cultures. The silence intensified survivors' sense of isolation, and formed yet another obstacle to the mourning process. This silence, imposed by others, proved particularly painful to those who had survived the war determined to bear witness. The only option left to survivors, other than sharing their Holocaust experiences with each other, was to withdraw completely into their newly established families. It has only been within the last 10 to 15 years that people have wanted to hear, but now many of the adult survivors have already passed away.” The impacts on the survivors was terrible. The emotional, physical, and spiritual damage. In Sandra S. Williams article it also states “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
The Holocaust was not another massacre. It was an event where people got handed power and used their power to kill innocent people …show more content…
Williams in her article “The Impact of The Holocaust on survivors and their children” she states “The initial reaction of silence proved detrimental to the psychological well being of the survivors and to their families and to their integration into their new cultures. The silence intensified survivors' sense of isolation, and formed yet another obstacle to the mourning process. This silence, imposed by others, proved particularly painful to those who had survived the war determined to bear witness. The only option left to survivors, other than sharing their Holocaust experiences with each other, was to withdraw completely into their newly established families. It has only been within the last 10 to 15 years that people have wanted to hear, but now many of the adult survivors have already passed away.” The impacts on the survivors was terrible. The emotional, physical, and spiritual damage. In Sandra S. Williams article it also states “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