During World War II, the Nazis built Auschwitz-Birkenau — the largest death camp in history — in occupied Poland. About 232,000 children were sent there. More than 200,000 were killed the day they arrived, walked straight from the trains to the gas chambers alongside their parents, their grandparents, their entire families. Not because of anything they'd done. Just because of who they were.
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Ghosts & Curses·1/4·1′
The place
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
The Children's Barracks
The twins of Mengele — and the survivor who chose forgiveness as her weapon
World War II (1944-1945) and postwar testimonyAuschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
Moral of the Story
“Forgiveness is not a verdict on the perpetrator but a declaration of freedom by the victim — the choice to release oneself from the prison of hatred is the final act of survival.”
Characters
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Eva Mozes KorM
Miriam MozesJ
Josef MengeleH
Hans MünchT
The 1,500 sets of twinsSource
Eva Mozes Kor, Surviving the Angel of Death; Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial archives; USC Shoah Foundation testimonies