The impact of the Holocaust on the second generation: Norwegian Jewish Holocaust survivors and their children.
The entire population of Norwegian-born Jews who survived the German concentration camps and their children was examined, and compared to Norwegian-born Jews who escaped to Sweden, and their children. An attempt is made to look for the symptoms described as a "second generation syndrome" by several authors. The present findings do not support the presence of serious psychopathology among the children of Norwegian-born Jewish survivors as a group, but indicate a certain degree of psychological vulnerability among these children. As adults, they are more often engaged in health/social care professions and organizations and also show signs of greater assimilation to their non-Jewish surroundings than the comparison group.
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Division of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Joint Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services, Norway.
D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002321:Career Choice; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003209:Concentration Camps; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011056:Political Systems; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013534:Survival / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden