Analysis Of Eva Kor's Experience During The Holocaust

In researching testimony, I chose to write about Eva Kor’s experience during the Holocaust. Eva and her family were taken to Auschwitz II- Birkenau from a Ceheiu which was a Romania ghetto in the 1940’s. Eva’s story starts out in Port, Romania where she was born and raised with her family before the Holocaust. Eva’s family consisted of her twin sister Miriam,two older sisters Aliz and Edit, and her parents Alexander and Jaffa. The last time Eva saw her father and sisters were when they arrived in Auschwitz after exiting the train. Eva and Miriam were with their mother until a man asked if they were twins.Their mother said yes, after asking if that was a good thing and then they were taken away never to see her again. Once taken away, they were brought to a barrack for twins where they were kept for Mengele to conduct experimentations. In the events leading up to the transportation of the Jews in Romania to ghettos and camps, Eva talks about what it was like to attend school. In

This was established to keep them from leaving the area and fleeing to other countries. In Eva’s situation, it kept her from seeing her grandparents because she could not travel to visit them. This was difficult for her mother because she could not see her mom and dad due to the laws. Furthermore, her parents become sick during this time and Eva’s mother Jaffa was there only daughter. While in class discussions we talked about the special papers needed to travel and how difficult they were to obtain. This example expanded upon that because it shows that the Germans would not even allow someone to just leave to visit family and then come back in a few days. Eva’s mother just wanted to take care of her parents but because she was Jewish it she was unable too. Lastly, the would have been the last time she saw them because shortly afterward the ghettos were put into