Eva & Miriam Mozes (Romania, 1934)
Eva Mozes / Eva Mozes Kor (F / Romania, 1934-2019) and Miriam Mozes (F / Romania, 1934-1993).
- KEYWORDS : <Auschwitz> <Mengele Twins>
Biography
NOTES : Eva & Miriam Mozes were born in Romania in 1934. In 1944 the family was transported to the Cehel Ghetto and then to Auschwitz. The twin sisters were the only members of the family to survive, as they were selected for medical experiments by Josef Mengele. Their suffering lasts 10 months. Eva and Miriam survived until the camp was liberated on January 27, 1945.
After the war Eva and Miriam went back to Romania with an aunt, who also had survived. In 1950, at age 16, the twins received permission to leave Romania and immigrated to Israel, arriving in the port city of Haifa. Miriam died in 1993, Eva in 2019.
Book : Surviving the Angel of Death (2009)
- Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (Terre Haute, IN: Tanglewood Pub., 2009).
"Eva Mozes Kor was just ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, she and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man known as the Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele. Subjected to sadistic medical experiments, she was forced to fight daily for her and her twin's survival. In this incredible true story written for young adults, readers learn of a child's endurance and survival in the face of truly extraordinary evil. The book also includes an epilogue on Eva's recovery from this experience and her remarkable decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Through her museum and her lectures, she has dedicated her life to giving testimony on the Holocaust, providing a message of hope for people who have suffered, and working for causes of human rights and peace."--Publisher description.
Pictures
A famous picture shows Eva & Miriam Mozes together with other children at Birkenau, when the camp was evacuated one month after liberation. Among those pictured are Tomasz Szwarz; Alicja Gruenbaum; Solomon Rozalin; Gita Sztrauss; Wiera Sadler; Marta Wiess; Boro Eksztein; Josef Rozenwaser; Rafael Szlezinger; Gabriel Nejman; Adek Apfelbaum; Hillik (later Harold) Apfelbaum; Mark Berkowitz (a twin); Pessa Balter; Rut Muszkies (later Webber); Miriam Friedman; and twins Eva & Miriam Mozes wearing knitted hats.
Additional Bibliography
- Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's Twins: The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes (1995) with Mary Wright — Template:ISBN
- Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (2009) with Lisa Rojany Buccieri — Template:ISBN
- Little Eva & Miriam in First Grade (1994) Eva Mozes Kor - Template:Oclc