Holocaust Lecture

Jamie Beelow

Mr. Neuberger

ENG 102-118 

February 27, 2013

Eva Moses Kor Lecture Summary

After attending the Eva Moses Kor lecture I learned Eva is a strong, caring, humorous, determined woman. At the lecture, she talked about a ripple effect, and how it connects with everyone’s lives. She started by explaining that when you drop a rock into the water, ripples appear. However, if everyone drops a rock, at the same time, into the water our ripples touch one another representing how everyone in the world is connected in some way. She continued to explain the memory of the last time she saw her mom and dad, and the fear and sadness that filled her. I couldn’t imagine being ripped away from my parents like that. It has to be one of the most prominent memories she has. She then explained how she became a fighter, and gave the Nazis a hard time whenever they performed experiments or anything with her. However, she soon learned that in order to survive, she had to cooperate, to an extent, and absolutely refused to die. She fought for her life until Auschwitz’s was freed by the Americans. At the end of her lecture, she spoke about life lessons she learned while in captive and after she gained her freedom. The first was to never give up on yourself or your dreams. The second was to give up on prejudices. And the third was to forgive; which she eventually did regarding Dr. Mengele and the experiments preformed on her and her sister. It took her four months to finish a letter to Mengele, regarding her forgiveness and all the horrors and despair he had put her through. All in all, I believe this lecture was a great experience, and I am very interested in learning more about this woman’s journey, and the other millions of people affected by the Nazis and WW2.