Book 4 Check in 2

For book 4 I read, Surviving the Angels of Death, by Eva Kor. For the second part of the project, I read interviews, and articles, from Eva Kor, and other people who have survived the Holocaust.

Eva Kor was born on January 31st 1934, and had a twin sister, Miriam. Miriam and Eva were just 10 years old when the Nazis started to take away Jews rights. Around the age of 10, Eva and her sister were taken to Auschwitz, the deadliest Nazi camp out of all of them. Luckily, they were twins. Miriam and Eva were taken to be experimented on by Doctor Mengele, and were given certain benefits that included, keeping their hair, and not wearing prisoner uniforms. When they were taken to be experimented on, they never saw their family again, and were considered "orphans." Eva and Miriam, tried their hardest to survive, after such horrible conditions, and managed to do this quite well, they were one of the few sets of twins to survive the experiments at Auschwitz. Throughout the book, Eva describes how she did it, and what made her survive.

Miriam and Eva both survived camp, but unfortunately, some of the chemicals put into Miriam's system, made her die after "kidney failure" in 1993. Eva donated her kidney to her sister before her death, to try and save her. Eva created the organization called C.A.N.D.L.E.S, trying to find any record of them being in the holocaust, unfortunately, they have only found a few documents, including pictures, and according to her story, they burned all of them for the sake of no record, and trying to cover up what they did.

According to the interviews, everything that was in the book, was correct. Everything matched perfectly with the story, and her sister Miriam's.

Later in her live, Eva Kor, gave the Nazis forgiveness for everything they have done to her. But you may question, "Isn't that against Jewish rule?" She stated at her speech that is was against the rule, but she could not keep the burden that was on her forever. She forgave everyone who was included in her time in the Holocaust, even including Hitler, and that tells us that she is a very strong person!

I was inspired by Eva Kor, and her stories, its not forever that you can meet her, and have these experiences, and if she comes near you, I would recommend seeing her, she is one of the nicest ladies I have ever met in my life, and I hope she continues to inspire people like me, for as long as she can!