The twins of Auschwitz : the inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell

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The twins of Auschwitz : the inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell

Title remainder

the inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell

Statement of responsibility

Eva Mozes Kor & Lisa Rojany Buccieri

Creator

• trueKor, Eva Mozes

Contributor

• trueRojany-Buccieri, Lisa

Author

• trueRojany-Buccieri, Lisa
• trueKor, Eva Mozes

Subject

• trueHolocaust survivors -- Hungary -- Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Hungary -- Personal narratives
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
• trueHuman experimentation in medicine
• Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Hungary -- Biography
• Jews -- Persecutions -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
• Kor, Eva Mozes
• Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979
• trueTwins -- Psychology
• trueWar criminals -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Poland
• Zeiger, Miriam Mozes, 1935-1993
• Twin sisters -- Hungary -- Biography
• trueAuschwitz (Concentration camp)
• Concentration camps -- Poland -- History

Genre

• truePersonal narratives
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

The inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell. The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins. In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz. Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, while Eva and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man who became known as the Angel of Death: Dr. Josef Mengele. They were 10 years old. While twins at Auschwitz were granted the 'privileges' of keeping their own clothes and hair, they were also subjected to Mengele's sadistic medical experiments. They were forced to fight daily for their own survival and many died as a result of the experiments, or from the disease and hunger rife in the concentration camp. In a narrative told simply, with emotion and astonishing restraint, The Twins of Auschwitz shares the inspirational story of a child's endurance and survival in the face of truly extraordinary evil. Also included is an epilogue on Eva's incredible recovery and her remarkable decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Through her museum and her lectures, she dedicated her life to giving testimony on the Holocaust, providing a message of hope for people who have suffered, and worked toward goals of forgiveness, peace, and the elimination of hatred and prejudice in the world

Member of

• Surviving the Angel of Death.

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

VBAY

Dewey number

940.5318092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult