An introduction to the issue of the holocaust in world war two

For the first time in history, an entire people was targeted for annihilation by a government. The Nazi state systematically implemented a plan to destroy all Jews simply because they existed.

Pages 1 — 4 Dr. Yitzchak Mendelsohn For the first 30 years after the end of the war, only those who survived imprisonment in the death camps were considered to be survivors. In the course of time, others who suffered from persecution were included in this group.

No one survived the Holocaust unscathed, yet every individual has a unique history. Everyone has personal memories, personal losses and bereavements, and suffers in his own personal and emotional way. At the same time, it is possible to outline features that are common to survivors who shared similar experiences.

The search for common features grows from the need to design therapeutic tools to recognize, understand and address the specific needs of each group of survivors. Therapeutic approaches must take into account the traumatic events and present needs which are determined by the characteristics of the stage of the life cycle in which the survivors find themselves today, as well as the stage of their life cycle at which the physical and emotional damage occurred.

The present collection of articles is the first in the Intervision series. Intervision constitutes an arena created to share with the wider community the specific therapeutic experience which has accumulated in the Jerusalem branch over the years. In this first issue, there are four papers which were written specifically for Intervision, and three which were presented at different conferences.

Special attention is given to a group of child survivors which has been of special concern to us in the course of the past five years: These are adults who were orphaned at a young or very young age, who underwent frequent separations from significant adult figures parental or parental substitutesand whose personality structure is dominated by the needs of the traumatized child.

These needs impaired the capability and the possibility of realizing dreams, desires and life ambitions as they were constructed before — and after — the war.

For the western Allies, World War II officially ended in Europe on the next day, May 8 (V-E Day), while Soviet forces announced their “Victory Day” on May 9, Dec 05,  · Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. - World War One Was a Senseless War World War One was the first major war that was fought in mainly in Europe, and parts of Asia. The war lasted from July 28th, to November 11th, There were over a hundred nations involved not only from Europe, but from Asia, Africa, Central America, North America and many Island nations.

The life stories of child survivors who were able to create outstandingly brilliant and successful professional and personal careers in spite of severe feelings of emptiness and depression, are characteristic of persons with a balanced compound personality.

That is to say, of personals who succeeded in balancing the impact of their war-induced impairments, suffered as children, with the actualization of their adult needs — their dreams, plans and desires.

Alongside them is a second group of persons who have an unstable compound personality, who fail to balance the impact of the traumatized child with the needs of the adult who actualizes dreams, plans and desires.

Here we refer to child survivors whose life story is characterized by a multitude of abrupt changes, ruptures, failures and breaks, persons who are dominated by the needs, fears and anxieties of the traumatized child, who are unable to muster, in a steady manner, the intellectual and emotional capabilities required to realize their desires.

The first paper, by Dr.

Yitzchak Mendelsohn, is a theoretical one which explains the foundations for defining the concept of compound personality in terms of self-psychology, and describes thoughts regarding various modes of organizing and balancing the post-traumatic self.

A number of therapeutic definitions are also resented which arise from the specific characteristics of persons with an unstable compound personality. The second, third and fourth papers focus on clinical work with child survivors who were damaged by the war at different ages.

Specifically, the second paper, by Elisheva van der Hal, presents thoughts regarding therapeutic work with child survivors who were damaged in the course of their latency period.

The third paper, by Yvonne Tauber, describes therapeutic work with a child survivor who as damaged during adolescence, and the fourth paper, by Dr. Aviva Mazor and Dr. The fifth paper, by Ms. Tauber, describes long term group therapy with child survivors, most of whom also participated in conjoint individual therapy.

The last two articles — the sixth by Yoram Amit and the seventh by Ruth Gruschka — relate to general topics of concern to child survivors. The paper points to the special characteristics of child survivor documentation as compared to adult survivor documentation.

This first volume is the result of an exciting, stimulating group effort by the authors. Each paper in this publication is the product of its authors, but each one also reflects the points of view of the other members of the group who read, listened to and discussed the various ideas contained in them.

Without such safety, it is difficult to help suffering persons who remain with the broken dreams, plans and desires of survivors.The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, , when the war in Europe officially ended.

During this time, Jews in Europe were subjected to progressively harsher persecution that ultimately led to the murder of 6,, Jews ( million of these being children) and the destruction of. A Brief Introduction to the Holocaust & World War II The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences.

Path to Nazi Genocide, consider the animated map, “World War II and the Holocaust It is one of several animated maps that illustrate the scope and impact of the Holocaust.

Week 2: The World and the Jews in World War II We will try to examine the broader contexts of the Holocaust and to place it, as part of World War 2.

In this meeting we will also refer to the vital Jewish world to be found under various Nazi occupations and influences. Introduction. Pages 1 – 4. Dr. Yitzchak Mendelsohn For the first 30 years after the end of the war, only those who survived imprisonment in the death camps were considered to be survivors.

The Holocaust May 10, The Holocaust took place in the early ’s after World War l left Germany in ruins. It was the biggest genocide to ever take place in human history. It was the biggest genocide to ever take place in human history.