Suppose that there is a second-generation effect in veterans, there are a few differences that are quite significant” from children of Holocaust survivors that “might account for difference in coping mechanisms and resources.

Evaluative claim: This is an evaluative claim because the author is evaluating a situation in which there is a second generation effect in veterans.

 Holocaust survivors “had more resources and networks, wider family members and community to support them to adapt to their new circumstances after a war.” They were not, in other words, expected to man up and get over it. F

Factual Claim: this is a factual claim because it states that survivors had resources and networks which can be proven to be true.

the lead scientist, Marinus van IJzendoorn of Leiden University

Factual Claim: It is stating directly what this mans position is and who he is.