This chapter sets the stage for a description of the lives and memories of older adults who experienced extreme trauma as survivors of the Nazi Holocaust. It also provides a systematic review of prior work on the effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their adaptation to challenges in the postwar years. In setting the stage for presenting our empirical findings, we provide an overview of the conceptual frameworks we relied on for understanding adaptation of Holocaust survivors and immigrants. We delineate concepts we found useful within the gerontological, general stress, and traumatic stress traditions.
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(2005). Placing Adaptation Among Elderly Holocaust Survivors in a Theoretical Context. In: Kahana, B., Harel, Z., Kahana, E. (eds) Holocaust Survivors and Immigrants. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22973-6_1
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