Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust

What did many holocaust survivors endure?

• the loss of family members.

• years of semi-starvation.

• constant terror.

• all of the above

Tens of thousands of concentration camp

prisoners died shortly after being liberated.

• False

• True

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

• prove they had been imprisoned

• physically recover

• register as refugees

• all of these

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

• American Jews who did not suffer persecution during the Holocaust

• Jews living in unaffected countries in

  Europe

• American Jews who suffered persecution during the Holocaust

• all of these

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

• more successful

• more educated

• more likely to seek psychiatric treatment

• all of these

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

• decide not to have children

• get divorced

• stay married

• none of these

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

• 18% of

• 5% of

• almost no

• none of

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

• brown hair

• physic numbing

• survival mechanism

• post traumatic stress