“…The greater bulk of survivor studies focuses on the breakdown of the personality under such extreme stress (Antonovsky, 1979;Barocas, 1970;Chodoff, 1963;Davidson, 1980;Dor-Shav, 1978;Eitinger, 1961Eitinger, , 1973Eitinger, , 1981Kijak & Funtowicz, 1982;Klein, 1974;Klein, Zellermayer, & Shanan, 1963;Krystal, 1968;Lederer, 1965;Lelav & Abramson, 1984;Luchterhand, 1970;Nadler & Ben-Shushan, 1989;Porter, 1981;Trautman, 1964;Yael, 1981). That anyone could possibly cope under the impact of such severe trauma seems inconceivable.…”