Holocaust survivor testimony: the psychological implications

It is an uncomfortable but undeniable fact that Holocaust survivors in the US and Israel in the years immediately following World War II encountered varying degrees of hostility, incomprehension and intolerance from native-born fellow Jews. Co-religionists could not understand why survivors seemingly failed to resist, perceiving them as "weak," and urged them to "move on." But it is here argued that giving testimony makes the historical experience more palpable, more real; it also delivers a legacy to coming generations.