Surviving the Angel of Death
The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz
Tanglewood · Print & ebook · October 13, 2020
Eva Mozes Kor was just ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz.
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- Who it’s for
- A survivor’s story joins the struggle to endure with the difficult work of forgiveness and peace.
- Themes
- Holocaust survival, Forgiveness after atrocity, Peace and human rights
- Genres
- Holocaust History for Teens, Lives in History, Activist Biographies
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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.
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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 and Eva's recovery and her controversial but often misunderstood decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Readers will learn of how she triumphed over unfathomable pain and suffering into a life-long work for peace, human rights, and Holocaust education. The new edition provides interesting details and important context to the events related in the original story. A new Afterword by publisher Peggy Porter Tierney offers a richer portrayal of Eva as a person, the truth behind the controversies, and the eventful last ten years of her life.
Memory and Meaning
A survivor’s story joins the struggle to endure with the difficult work of forgiveness and peace.
Come here for
- A young person’s account of survival under Nazi persecution
- A personal story that opens onto human rights and Holocaust education
Expect
- Unflinching subject matter, alongside a life devoted to peace
- Context on Eva’s choices and the controversies around them in the new edition
Where it sits
| Holocaust History for Teens | 91% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 85% |
| Activist Biographies | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Activist Biographies
- Holocaust History for Teens
- Authors
- Eva Mozes Kor, Lisa Rojany Buccieri
- Publisher
- Tanglewood
- Published
- October 13, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Holocaust survival · Forgiveness after atrocity · Peace and human rights
- Reading lane
- Lives in History