This investigation will answer the question: to what extent are the stories of Holocaust survivors with PTSD reliable as sources historical? This question is important because there are still Holocaust survivors living today, and their stories are probably the ones that teach us the most about the Holocaust, as they are the primary sources of the event. The survivors had to deal with a lot of physical and emotional trauma while in the camps, so it would have been easy for them to get PTSD. Mental illness PTSD can make it more difficult for survivors to talk about certain events, because it may increase symptoms of the illness. With this research investigation, it is possible to analyze whether the stories of Holocaust survivors hold any truth that may have happened during the Holocaust and which was too painful for them to talk about. This investigation will compare Holocaust survivors' accounts written after they were released from the camps, mostly in 1945, to accounts written many years after the events they experienced. This investigation will include primary source research among survivors and analysis of the stories they told, as well as some articles from psychologists who heard stories from survivors with PTSD. Any discrepancies will be analyzed taking into account the historical documents collected. Section IA B To what extent are the stories of Holocaust survivors with PTSD reliable as historical sources? Effects of PTSD Holocaust survivors are very often diagnosed with PTSD, so it's important to know what it is. PTSD can be caused by the death/serious illness of a loved one, war/fighting, violent crime, and many other things. You don't have to be physically injured to suffer from PTSD. (N... half of the document... to what extent are the stories of Holocaust survivors suffering from PTSD reliable as historical sources? In conclusion, the sources of this investigation show to a large extent that the stories of Holocaust survivors with PTSD are reliable. The collected evidence shows that some stories were not shared by survivors, and therefore historians may never know exactly what happened during the Holocaust, but it shows enough. reliability to add it to the documentation although it may be useful to know what is difficult for the survivors to talk about, historians are satisfied with the amount of stories we have obtained thanks to their stories, while all the information may not be present and this affects what we know about the Holocaust, it should not disturb the historical record and therefore makes all the stories of survivors suffering from PTSD reliable.