Overlevende fra konsentrasjonsleirer i judaistisk sikt

Authors

• Leo Eitinger Universitetet i Oslo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.69345

Keywords:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Survivors, Concentration camps, Violence, Antisemitism, Psychic trauma, Psychology and religion

Abstract

The author gives a short review concerning his scientific investigations on the delayed result of excessive stress, i.e. captivity, torture and stay in concentration camps, on human beings. Based on three monographs, he shows that the delayed results of a stay in a concentration camp can be divided into two main groups. The first were somatic findings, which include, besides tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, the so called “concentration camp syndrome”, characterized by premature aging, disturbances of memory and other signs of brain damage. The other group, psychological disturbances, mainly anxiety, sleep disturbances and nightmares, were very frequent and correlated with psychic disorders during captivity. Recent political changes, showing more or less clear anti-Semitic tendencies, are activating the anxiety states and nightmares of the victims.