Miriam Rieck

16:30 Presentation of Work in Progress 1 September 1999

Holocaust survivors in Psychological Literature and in their Testimonies

The psychological literature concerned with Holocaust survivors differs markedly from their own testimonies. In comparing both, it will be demonstrated that survivors have often been misunderstood, even by well-meaning professionals.

Miriam Rieck, 1972 - 1977: B. A. Psychology and Sociology, M. A. Psychology, Un.Haifa. 1979 - Research fellow at the Ray D. Wolfe Centre for Study of Psychological Stress, the University of Haifa. Main involvement: Research of the psych. effects of the Holocaust on its survivors and their offspring, including testimonies.