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The author defines the extreme situation, whose characteristics make it different from any other traumatic situation. The former is responsible for the immediate and delayed psychic alterations seen in the survivors of extermination camps.
The psychogenesis of this picture is described, laying the stress on the deep regression that takes place, its consequences and the special kind of psychic restructuralization after the prisoner has been released. The difficulties encountered in the treatment of these cases is also discussed.