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The Missing Stories of Sexual Abuse During the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the deeply entrenched narrative of suspicion regarding female Holocaust survivors and the sexual abuse they may have experienced, a topic often shrouded in silence and stigma. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsStereotypesVictimizationSexual AbuseHolocaust StudiesLiteraturePatriarchyGenderSocietal Perception

Places mentioned

Israel
"Anna, an Israeli citizen, a woman who introduced herself as a Holocaust survivor who had just read our book in Hebrew, titled How Did You Survive."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"There, he happened to hear about a neighbor, a childless woman Holocaust survivor who used to scream during her sleep."

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