Thursday, March 28, 2013

Forgiving Dr.Mengele


Becky Harlan (Lee)
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 101-103
03 March 2013
                                                            Report on “Forgiving Dr. Mengele”
            This is a documentary on Eva Mozes Kor. She and her twin sister Mariam were victims of the cruel and heartless German scientist, Dr. Mengele. They were brought to Auschwitz, alongside of their mother, when they were about ten years old. The twins were ripped away from their mother who was taken to the gas chambers as soon as they got off the train. The only reason Eva and Mariam were taken alive because they were twins. Dr. Mengele liked the fact of having twins because he had two instead of one; if one died, he had the other one to do more test on. Eva and Mariam survived the agony they endured while they were there. After the war was over they tried to live normal lives. They grew up, got married, and had kids. Nobody ever talked about the ordeal they lived through. Mariam had some major problems from all the injections she got from the experiments. She passed away and Eva was so upset.
            Eva eventually forgave the Nazis and soon even forgave Dr. Mengele for what they did to her. Many people thought it wasn’t right for her to forgive them and they gave her a bunch of grief for it. She stood her ground and said it was her right to be able to be at peace in her heart. I think Eva Kor is a very positive human being. She stands for what she thinks is right for herself and doesn’t care what others think. She has been through so much and for her to be able to forgive someone for doing such evil and heartless things to children, is a very strong thing to do. 

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