Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz

^{Eva’s journey.}

^{Eva and Miriam Mozes, 1935}

^{Eva’s parents, Alexander and Jaffa Mozes}

^{Top row (l to r): Aliz, Papa, Edit, and friend Luci}

^{Middle: Eva, Mama, Miriam}

^{Bottom: cousin Shmulik}

^{Standing are cousin Magda, sister Edit, and cousin Aggi.}

^{Lying on the grass are cousin Dvora and sister Aliz. All of the girls in this picture died in the camps.}

^{Portz, Transylvania}

^{Entrance to Auschwitz. The sign is in German and translates to: “Work makes you free.”}

^{Auschwitz selection platform}

^Auschwitz

^{Inside the camp}

^{Picture of twins in lab.}

^{Josef Mengele}

^{Original document showing that Eva’s blood samples were tested for Urea Nitrogen, Sodium Chloride, Takata-Ara, and vitamin C. There are also documents showing tests for syphilis and scarlet fever.}

^{English translation of document on facing page.}

^{Two front children are Eva (left) and Miriam (right).}

^{Eva and Miriam as high school students in Cluj}

^{The Csengeri family after the war. The parents, Zvi and Rosie, are in the middle. The twins, Yehudit and Lea, are on either side, and son Michael is being held by Zvi.}

^{Eva milking a cow.}

^{Top row (l to r): Eva, Mickey Kor, Mickey’s niece Miri, brother Shlomo, and sister-in-law Sara. In front is Mickey’s nephew AuShalom.}

^{Eva and Miriam at Auschwitz, 1991}

^{From middle left, Rina Kor (holding document), Alex Kor, Eva Mozes Kor, and Dr. Münch at Auschwitz in 1993 signing their statements}

^{Eva holding unused vials of substances used in experiments. The content of the vials is unknown; they have never been opened or tested.}

PHOTO CREDITS

Photos of the Auschwitz entrance, inside the camp, and selection platform on pages 57 & 58, and the Csengeri family on page 100, are provided courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The views or opinions expressed in this book, and the context in which the images are used, do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of, nor imply approval or endorsement by, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The photo of Auschwitz on page 58 and the image of the train tracks on the back cover are courtesy of The State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland.

Copyright

Paperback edition published by Tanglewood in October, 2011.

© Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri, 2009.

All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Cover and interior design by Amy Perich.

Cover font: 5AM Gender © Chance Type Co.

The publisher would like to thank Holly Kondras for her assistance with this title.

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ISBN: 978-1-933718-28-6 (HC)

ISBN: 978-1-933718-57-6 (PB)

Printed by Maple-Vail at York, PA, USA, in August, 2011. First printing.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kor, Eva Mozes.

Surviving the angel of death : the story of a Mengele twin in Auschwitz / Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-933718-28-6 (hardcover)

1. Kor, Eva Mozes. 2. Zeiger, Miriam Mozes, 1935-1993. 3. Jews—Persecutions—Hungary—Juvenile literature. 4. Jewish children in the Holocaust—Hungary—Biography—Juvenile literature. 5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)—Hungary—Personal narratives—Juvenile literature. 6. Twins—Biography—Juvenile literature.

I. Buccieri, Lisa Rojany. II. Title.

DS135.H93K673 2009

940.53’18092—dc22

[B]

2009009494