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appalachiablue

(41,182 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 02:19 AM Jan 2020

Survivor of Nazi Twin Medical Experiments at Auschwitz, Eva Mozes Kor



- Eva Mozes Kor (1934-2019) was experimented on as a twin child by Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. After decades of anguish, she decided to forgive the Nazis - and came to be one of the best-known and most-active Holocaust survivors in the world. DW/Deutsche Welle documentary 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mozes_Kor

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/06/eva-mozes-kor-a-holocaust-survivor-and-a-mengele-twin-chose-to-forgive-the-nazis/



- Eva & twin sister Miriam holding hands in the front at Auschwitz, Jan. 1945 liberation of the camp by Soviet soldiers.
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Survivor of Nazi Twin Medical Experiments at Auschwitz, Eva Mozes Kor (Original Post) appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP
K&R, heartwrenching, but well worth the read Rhiannon12866 Jan 2020 #1
Remarkable woman! imaginary girl Jan 2020 #2
How lucky for you, Eva Kor was a true force & survivor. appalachiablue Jan 2020 #3
Kick burrowowl Jan 2020 #4

imaginary girl

(864 posts)
2. Remarkable woman!
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:06 AM
Jan 2020

We visited her museum once, and she happened to be giving a speech that day. Simultaneously inspirational and touching! And to top it off, she had just had heart surgery earlier that week!

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