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The Twins of Auschwitz

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Mengele’s twins: Eva Mozes Kor’s tale of survival

Posted by Aruna at August 11, 2020 in editor's choice &reviews &the literary lounge

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    Eva Mozes Kor’s The Twins of Auschwitz is an extraordinary piece of memoir. Aged ten, Romanian Jews Eva and her sister, Miriam, survived the gas chambers because of one small genetic factor: they were twins. Selected to be part of Dr Josef Mengele’s scientific experiments, Eva and Miriam were ripped from their mother’s … Continue readings →

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