Survivors

Survivors

Amcha Amcha - The code word that helped survivors identify fellow Jews in war ravaged Europe now stands for another kind of support system: The opportunity for survivors in Israel and their families to unburden their hearts and share their life stories with another person.
Women Before Hell's Gate: Survivors of the Holocaust and their Memoirs By Peter R. Erspamer, Ph.D.
Holocaust Survivors Here we present history with a human face. Read the stories of the survivors. Hear them speak. Look at their family photographs. Consult our encyclopedia. Read a historical introduction to the Holocaust
Possessed by a History They Never Lived: Daughters of Holocaust Survivors Confront Secrecy and Silence By Nancy D. Kersell
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education An archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses
Violence And Sexuality As A Theme In Memoirs By Women Survivors By Myrna Goldenberg
Personal Reflections Stories of individuals who survived the horrors of the holocaust. Their stories are told in the first person and reflect the range of experiences held by many survivors
Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
Mothers Articles and essays about women survivors from the perspective of their roles as mothers
Generation to Generation A collection of articles and essays related to women survivors of the Holocaust and the women that came afterwards
The Impact of the Holocaust on Survivors and Their Children By Sandra S. Williams, Student/Judaic Studies Program, University of Central Florida
Ten Stories of Holocaust Survivors in New Orleans
Post-War Warsaw: Surviving Against All Odds By Konstanty Gebert
Through their Daughters' Eyes: Jewish Mothers and Daughters: A Legacy From the Holocaust A PhD thesis by Miriam Scherer Berkovic, McGill University, Doctor oF Philosophy in Counselling Psychology, 2003. This study examined the narratives and stories oF 13 daughters oF Jewish women Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust Survivors: Successful Lifelong Coping after Trauma A PhD dissertation by Susan Baum, University of British Columbia, Department of Counselling Psychology, 1999. This study explored how Jewish Holocaust survivors had coped with various stress situations in their lives by identifying and articulating what were facilitative coping tactics
The Experience of Grandchildren of Holocaust Suvivors Ph.D. Dissertation by Gary Auslander, The Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago, 1995
Stories of survival:

History Speaks Provides an oportunity for students to hear the witness of survivors
Survivors From A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Don't Look Back: Holocaust Survivors in the U.S. by William Helmreich, October 1, 1991
Rivka Yosselevska tells her story of surviving a mass killing

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