Holocaust Survivors AoW

Many Holocaust survivors endured...

• constant terror.

• the loss of family members.

• years of semi-starvation.

• all of the above

Tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners died shortly after being liberated.

• true

• false

According to the article, after liberation from camps, survivors first had to ______________ before rebuilding their lives.

• all of these

• register as refugees

• find their families

• prove they had been imprisoned

• physically recover

Dr. Helmreich’s study compared Holocaust survivors who moved to America to ______________.

• American Jews who suffered persecution during the Holocaust

• American Jews who did not suffer persecution during the Holocaust

• Jews living in unaffected countries in Europe

• all of these

According to the study, Holocaust survivors became ______________ than others from their demographic.

• all of these

• more successful

• more educated

• less resilient

• more likely to seek psychiatric treatment

Holocaust survivors are more likely to ______________ than others in their demographic of the same age.

• decide not to have children

• stay married

• get divorced

• marry multiple times

According to the article, ______________ Holocaust survivors went on to be convicted of crimes.

• 18% of

• almost no

• nearly half of

• 5% of

One trait that has been noted in survivors that allows them to shut off their emotions is ______________.

• survival mechanism

• brown hair

• psychic numbing

• posttraumatic stress