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appalachiablue

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21. TY, good one I've probably seen. Eva Kors, twin survivor's story is so moving.
Thu May 30, 2019, 11:30 PM
May 2019

The atrocities and murders that 'Dr. Joseph Mengele' and others committed is horrifying, and not that long ago.

BBC, "The Twins of Auschwitz," Jan. 2015. When the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz death camp 70 years ago many of the prisoners had been killed or marched away by the retreating Nazis. But among those left were some twin children - the subject of disturbing experiments by Dr Josef Mengele.

Vera Kriegel and her twin sister Olga were just five years old when they were taken from their village in Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz. Transported in cattle cars which were so tightly packed that the dead were still standing, she recalls the "sheer terror" of arriving at the camp and treading on "dead people like steps" as she left the train.

New arrivals at the camp were sorted into the weak, who would be gassed straight away, and the strong, who would be made to work. But Mengele and his assistants were there too, looking for twins.

Vera, her sister, and her mother were taken straight to SS Captain Josef Mengele. He was intrigued, she says, by what he described as her mother's "perfect Aryan features" and blue eyes, while Vera's and her sister's were brown. Read More..

Read More, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30933718



- Children at Auschwitz show the identification numbers printed on their arms



Auschwitz twin survivor Eva Kors who is still here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mozes_Kor



'Angel of Death,' Dr. Joseph Mengele conducted monstrous experiments on Jewish & Roma twin children at Auschwitz.

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Thanks, I'm Going To Look For That JimGinPA May 2019 #1
Schindler's list still reverberates with me. Every time I hear the first note from its theme music hlthe2b May 2019 #2
I know what you mean lunatica May 2019 #3
One of the best films ever., IMO. inanna May 2019 #11
Though I have seen some of the these documentaries on the history channel kimbutgar May 2019 #4
I'm about four episodes into it. smirkymonkey May 2019 #5
It scares me too lunatica May 2019 #6
It Can Be A Slippery Slope colsohlibgal May 2019 #7
The Holocaust is not being focused on enough inanna May 2019 #12
It was never in our school curriculums at all lunatica May 2019 #17
According to my daughter inanna May 2019 #37
Will try to find them. moondust May 2019 #8
Watching it will mean more now because of what Trump has done lunatica May 2019 #18
You need to watch Kenneth Branagh's brilliant and absolutely chilling portrayal of PatrickforO May 2019 #23
I saw it years ago lunatica May 2019 #27
Thank you! moondust May 2019 #28
Thanks! n/t Ms. Toad May 2019 #9
Many thanks, lunatica - surprised I haven't run into this, I cruise the documentary aisle ALL the Leghorn21 May 2019 #10
It is a recent addition I think lunatica May 2019 #13
It's a great documentary series canetoad May 2019 #14
They are not. BBC has taken out key episodes because of copyright issues. PatrickforO May 2019 #25
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Yes, I see it is very long! lunatica May 2019 #20
It does. Lucky Luciano May 2019 #38
I cant even finish reading your post. It is the most horrible event in life - well beyond Laura PourMeADrink May 2019 #16
Well if you ever watch it don't do it alone! lunatica May 2019 #19
TY, good one I've probably seen. Eva Kors, twin survivor's story is so moving. appalachiablue May 2019 #21
Each generation has to make sure it doesn't happen again lunatica May 2019 #22
Sorry to use this language but, blue-wave May 2019 #24
The American ones too lunatica May 2019 #32
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Well a Filipino friend of mine says Duterte has a policy of lunatica May 2019 #30
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The US is already putting people in immigration camps RoadMan May 2019 #40
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Ditto your analysis but . . . JustAnotherGen May 2019 #34
A German writer said.... A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #36
Stephen Miller bdamomma May 2019 #39
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