ABSTRACT
Based on observation made on six young children who were separated from their mothers at birth and cared for in the concentration camp of Terezin by inmates who were periodically deported, the examination of the emotional survival of these children could open up new questions regarding attachment and psychodynamic theories. This essay raises questions as to the place that infant to infant attachment has in development when adult-infant attachment is absent. Peer by peer attachment may explain the particular importance the Terezin children placed on compassion and caring in their satisfied, adult lives.
