[Chronic reactive depression. Disorders following imprisonment and persecution]

Ever since mankind exists, ethnic minorities, political adversaries etc. have been discriminated, pursued, tortured and killed. The twentieth century shows such examples too, also in post-war Europe of our days. But nothing exceeds the disastrous extent of the destruction machinery of the "3rd Reich". Still today, 50 years after the "Machtergreifung" delayed symptoms in the victims must be cared for. This and the realization that in future, too, terror of any variety will demand its victims make it necessary to deal directly with the consequences in order to ensure victims of greatest possible care and alleviation of their fate.