Holocaust Survivor And Forgiveness Advocate Eva Mozes Kor Has Died, Aged 85

Jul 05, 2019

Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate Eva Mozes Kor passed away yesterday while on her annual visit to Poland to visit the infamous concentration camp Auschwitz. She was 85 years old.

Eva was first brought with her twin sister to Auswhicht in 1944, according to CBS News, the two sisters survived even after going through hazardous medical experiments overseen by the Angel of Death Josef Mengele. Sadly, most of their family did not. After the war in later years, Eva married and eventually moved to Terre Haute in Illinois in the U.S.

In 1995, Eva set up the only Holocaust museum in the state of Illinois, which was called "CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center." As Kor and her sister had survived the infamous doctor Mengle who performed abusive experiments on twin children she named the museum Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors (CANDLES).

Eva was well-known for her work as a forgiveness advocate. She first embarked on this project when she met Nazi doctor Hans Munch, who according to the CANDLES website, "...witnessed the selection process and gassing of thousands of innocent people. He was acquitted of war crimes at the Krakow War Crimes Trial in 1947." Eva and Dr. Munch met in 1995 where he said in a letter that his part in the Holocaust is "A nightmare I continue to live with fifty years later." After this, Eva issued a declaration of amnesty to all Nazis. 

Eva's son Alex Kor has said in a Facebook post: "My mom would tell us not to cry, but follow in her footsteps." According to Eva's website, she passed away peacefully in a hotel room in Krakow, Poland doing what she loved most. 

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