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The current study uses a strengths-based lens to explore the resilience narratives of five Holocaust survivors and their perspectives on experiences of resilience during and after the Holocaust. Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), transcripts of one to one-and-a-half hour interviews were analyzed by a team of three researchers. Overarching emergent themes of meaning included: Definition of Resilience, Adversities, Attitude After Overcoming Adversity, Method of Resilience, Adhering to Cultural Values, and Beliefs About Others' Experience of Resilience. Subthemes and tertiary categories also evolved and are discussed. Findings are interpreted with the acknowledgement of systemic oppression and overcoming, including participants' development of critical consciousness (Freire, 1975/2000), both relevant to the interpretation of recovery from human-created oppression through a social justice lens. Implications for current societal circumstances and issues are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]