technique of asking patient for assistance in, 195 –96
usefulness of therapist in, 245
writing exercise in, 193
ways of starting, 3
Thompson, Audrey. See Eger, Audrey
trauma
flashback responses to, 135 –36
Holocaust survivors and, 174
keeping secrets and, 5 –6
power to determine life after, 175
Truman, Harry S., 59
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 80
United States
arrival in New York City, 129 –31
Béla’s decision to immigrate to, 130
Béla’s tuberculosis history and visa for, 124 , 130 –31
Edith’s decision to immigrate to, 125 , 130
Edith’s struggles in adjusting to life in, 136 , 137 –38
immigrant jobs available in, 137
immigration papers granted by, 112 –13, 116 , 122 –23, 124
Klara’s support for immigration to, 124
wait for visas to, 129
University of Texas
Edith’s studies at, 152 , 154 , 159 –60, 163 , 170 , 179
son John’s graduation from, 179
Vadasz, Bandi, 103 , 108 , 111 , 122 , 123 , 125 , 130 , 175
Vadasz, Marta, 103 , 104 , 108 , 111 , 122 , 123 , 125 , 130 , 175 –76
veterans
Capt. Jason Fuller’s catatonic state and, 3 –5, 195 –201, 238 –39
Edith’s address to, on surviving, 271 –72
grieving by, 224 –25
reactions to disabilities by, 177 –78, 216
victimhood
choosing to hold on to, 7 -8
definition of, 204
internally developing a victim’s mind in, 7 –8
perpetual mourning and, 266
taking responsibility for ending, 8 , 204 , 241 –42, 249 , 255
victimization differentiated from, 7
victims