The research aim was to gain a more thorough understanding of the experiences by former prisoners of the trauma of the time spent in a Nazi concentration camp and reworking it by dreaming. The material comprised 117 written accounts obtained by psychiatrist Stanisław Kłodziński in the 1970s from 38 former Polish national prisoners of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau (17 women and 21 men). A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the narratives was carried out and two types of dreams were compared in terms of chosen characteristics: camp and post-camp dreams. Camp experiences and a negative emotional tone occurred significantly more often in post-camp dreams. The “beauty” and “symbolicity” categories were present significantly more frequently in camp dreams. It was found that motives related to the time spent in the camp appeared persistently in dreams. This was accompanied by a negative affect and lack of symbolicity typical of PTSD nightmares.

中文翻译：

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“我们的夜晚不属于我们”

该研究的目的是更深入地了解前囚犯在纳粹集中营度过的创伤经历，并通过梦来重塑它。该材料包括精神病学家斯坦尼斯瓦夫·克沃津斯基 (Stanisław Kłodziński) 在 20 世纪 70 年代从 KL 奥斯威辛-比克瑙集中营的 38 名前波兰囚犯（其中 17 名女性和 21 名男性）获得的 117 份书面记录。对叙述进行了定量和定性分析，并根据所选特征对两种类型的梦进行了比较：营地梦和营地后梦。营地经历和消极情绪基调在营地后的梦中出现的频率明显更高。“美丽”和“象征性”类别在营地梦中出现的频率明显更高。研究发现，与在集中营度过的时间相关的动机持续出现在梦中。