Journal of Child Sex Abuse - 2005;14 (2):69-83.
By R. Lev-Wiesel R and M. Amir
Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University, Beer
Sheva, 84105, Israel.
This study utilized a qualitative analysis of child
survivors of the Holocaust who were sexually abused during World War II.
The research study aimed to give this specific group of survivors a voice
and to explore the impact of multiple extreme traumas, the Holocaust and
childhood sexual abuse, on the survivors. Twenty-two child survivors of the
Holocaust who were sexually abused during the war completed open-ended
interviews. The data was qualitatively analyzed according to Tutty, Rothery,
and Grinnell's (1996) guidelines. Three major themes were found: issues relating
to the sexual abuse trauma, survivors' perceptions of the abuse, and survivors'
general perspectives towards life. The identity of the offenders, Jewish
or non-Jewish, determined the survivors' feelings towards themselves, the
perpetrators, and about the worth of life.
PMID: 15914411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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