Sentence:  As the first collective confrontation of the Nazi outrage , the Trial of Eichmann represents a recovery of the Jews from the <WSD>shock</WSD> of the death camps , a recovery that took fifteen years and which is still by no means complete ( though let no one believe that it could be hastened by silence ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally