Blog # 5

Independent reading has actually been fun this semester. My first book is a memoir about two twins who were in the holocaust. I don't know why but i am fascinated with the Holocaust, sick i know. But i just don't understand how one person could gain some much power over a county and then tell them to kill people and everyone is okay with it. But anyways the book follows Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister throughout their journey. Being twins they had the experience of meeting the infamous Angel of Death. They had many experiments done on them but made it out alive. They were only 10 years old when they went in. For being 10 years old i was very impressed about their will power to stay alive the entire time. Their were some tough times but with each other they made it out. But when they left Auschwitz they didn't come back to a normal life they had expected. Everything had changed and they had no more family. Their sisters and mother and father had all perished in the camps. But they found an aunt who helped them get to Israel. Even this was a tough task because it took them 2 years to just be able to get passports. The Jewish race was still mistreated even after being freed. But the end they both got back into a normal life and went on. They have spoken many places about their experience and hope that no one ever forgets all the innocent people that had to lose their lives.