Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Genocide Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
7,1 (2005) 67-83
Schlagwort(e):
Frankl, Viktor E.
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Bettelheim, Bruno
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Nazi concentration camps Psychological aspects
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Holocaust survivors Interviews
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Audio-visual aids
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Psychological aspects
Kurzfassung:
Bruno Bettelheim and Victor Frankl, two psychologists who experienced the Nazi camps and, after the war, made significant contributions to research on human behavior, presented markedly different accounts of what happened to prisoners' personalities in the camps. In particular, Bettelheim maintained that long-term prisoners, trying to adapt themselves to camp reality, detached themselves from their previous lives and accepted the SS values as their own. Frankl maintained that those prisoners who were oriented toward the future, who did not lose their attachment to their families and prewar life, and who preserved hope were most likely to survive the camps. Applies their views to eyewitness testimonies from the American Jewish Committee Oral History Collection at the New York Public Library and finds that, while agreeing with both psychologists' views, the testimonies give somewhat more support to Bettelheim's observations regarding personality change.
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