Candles Holocaust Museum visit: 11-5-12
The founder of the museum, and Mengele twin survivor, Eva Kor, is scheduled to speak and take us on a personal tour of the museum beginning at 1:00. Eva's tour lasts about 2 hours. Please arrive by 12:45. I have heard that it is emotional, and that Eva Kor is an amazing, fun, forgiving woman.
http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org/ Even though the website states the museum is closed on Mondays, it will be open for our tour and Mrs. Kor will be speaking to us.
CANDLES is a acronym for the words “Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors.”
The Museum was founded in 1995 by Eva Mozes Kor who, as a twin, survived the genetic experiments of Dr. Josef Mengele in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
Beginning the fall of 1943, twins were carefully culled from the arriving groups at Auschwitz and were used in experiments which were under the direction of Dr. Josef Mengele. Approximately 1500 sets of twins or 3000 children were used as human guinea pigs in the experiments.
On January 27, 1945, when Auschwitz was liberated by the advancing soviet army, only about 200 children were found alive. Most of these children were Mengele twins.
CANDLES Holocaust Museum
1532 South 3rd Street
Terre Haute, IN 47802 US
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I cannot even imagine what she went through. Thank God she takes the time to share her personal journey with the children - so they can understand and grow from her experience. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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