Lezersrecensie
Beperkt verslag - maar evengoed een prachtig verhaal dat gelezen moet worden
Eva Mozes Kor was just a little girl when she was arrested and brought to Auschwitz, together with her family.
Where her parents and sibblings where selected to go into the gaschambers, Eva and her twinsister was awaiting a different fate. A fate worse than you can imagine.
Only ten years old, they are becoming part of the horrible medical experiments of Dr. Jozef Mengele. And although the have some priviliges, they still have to life in terrible circumstances. But they made a decission right from the start, they would make it out of Auschwitz alive. And yes they did.
In Surviving the Angel of Death there is a short brieving about Eva her experiences in Auschwitz, from the moment they went there till the moment they where set free by the Russians. But it mostly tells a story about how they had to continue their lifes, without really knowing what harm was done medically, without really knowing what happened to their familymembers.
But the truth is Eva survived in a very special way. She lived her life filled with power, strenght and forgiveness. Something that is kinda hard to imagine for people who have been true the same. But healing gave her the power to life her life the way she wanted.
A beautiful story about two amazing woman / children. A story that - in my opinion - would be even better for readers with a little bit more detail and information. But at the same time a story that has to be told!