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"PLAYING WITH REALITY" IN A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP. 2022

Ilany Kogan

2 Street Mohaliver St., 76304, Rehovot, Israel. ilanyk@yahoo.com.

This paper explores the function of play under traumatic circumstances, focusing on playing with the reality of a Nazi concentration camp. The goal of playing was to enhance life forces, which was achieved by active mastery of the passive trauma, re-establishment of inner equilibrium, transformation of internal reality into a more bearable one, recovery of symbolic functioning. The analysis of the movie "Life is Beautiful" is used for illustrating this theme.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003209	Concentration Camps	A place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution.	Death Camps,Internment Camps,Camp, Concentration,Camp, Death,Camp, Internment,Camps, Concentration,Camps, Death,Camps, Internment,Concentration Camp,Death Camp,Internment Camp
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D028683	National Socialism	The doctrines and policies of the Nazis or the National Social German Workers party, which ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933-1945. These doctrines and policies included racist nationalism, expansionism, and state control of the economy. (from Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. and American Heritage College Dictionary, 3d ed.)	Nazis,Nazism,Nazi,Socialism, National