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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 had not. "Why am I alive?" Why not
my sister and brother...my whole family?" The survivors had thoughts of
death, nightmares, panic attacks, and various other symptoms. Disinterest
in life, people, and sometimes even in reality played a huge role in
marital problems and suicide.
There are five main categories of Survivor syndrome. The first is the
Death imprint, which is the idea of not only death itself, but of all forms
of torture and gruesome images of death. For many survivors they can recall
the smell of smoke and the voices of the tortured. Some survivors are
trapped in time; mentally they are unable to escape the torture that they
had witnessed. In other words, they are unable to move beyond the ...

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defense against overwhelming
images." This defense is only good for a short time because after long
term numbing the survivor can feel withdrawal and depression. Many
survivors numbed themselves to all emotions and became insensitive to
death. The fourth category is suspicion and paranoia. The survivor is always on
guard watching out for another Holocaust to flare up and take hold.
Consequently if in need of help, a survivor may not take the hand of
someone there to help, in fear it may be a Nazi trick and a sign of
personal weakness. The ridicule the survivors suffered made them paranoid
and unable to place trust in any one. Accordingly, survivors feel that when
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