Children surviving persecution: an international study of trauma and healing.

This international study of childrens' experiences of organised persecution, explores the Holocaust and its aftermath as prototypical social trauma. Traumatised persons' feelings of shame and guilt as well as a sense of being different may prevail, and they may attribute great power to others, seek safety in isolation, or search for a rescuer. Nevertheless, as a group, the child survivors of the Holocaust have achieved remarkable success as adults