Dear Friends,

My name is Eva Mozes Kor. I am a survivor of the Auschwitz medical experiments conducted on twins by Dr. Josef Mengele.

As a survivor, I have talked about doing something to help stop the killing in Darfur. In the past 63 years, I have asked myself, "Why didn't people do something to help us?" The tragedy of Darfur is pulling at my heart strings; I cannot ignore it. I was a 10-year-old child in Auschwitz. Here I am 63 years later, asking the children of America to help stop the killing in Darfur.

I am hoping to show that the children of America care about the suffering in Darfur, and that they have tremendous power by writing letters to the Chinese government, to stop supporting the government of Sudan and permit the United Nations to go to Darfur to protect the victims. I am hoping to collect 100,000 letters and deliver them to the Chinese Embassy and the United Nations, ASAP, to help stop the killing.

I was a child, and I would like to have the children show the world that children can and do have the power to make a difference in Darfur. Since Holocaust Education is mandatory in Indiana, this is a living project that Indiana's children and America's children can do as a lesson of the Holocaust.

I appeal to teachers of Indiana and America: I need your help and cooperation to accomplish this important project. I cannot do it alone. And I must do it to the best of my ability and not just stand by and let it happen.

You could not help me in Auschwitz, but you can help me now to save people's lives. Please see our information about this project by clicking here.

With Hope and Love,

Eva Mozes Kor, A-7063
Founding Director of CANDLES

UPDATE: April 28, 2008
Friends: We had originally planned to deliver the letters in person to the Chinese authorities in Washington DC and New York on May 1, Holocaust Remembrance Day. We still plan to deliver the letters in person, but the delivery date has been pushed back to early June. Unfortunately, the need to write letters still exists, as the situation in Darfur is only worsening. Please keep sending letters! We have received many, but we have a long way to go toward our goal of 10,000!

LEARN ABOUT DARFUR

CLICK HERE TO READ LETTERS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM STUDENTS

CLICK HERE TO READ AN ARTICLE BY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST NAT HENTOFF ABOUT THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS AND CHINA'S ROLE IN SUDAN

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center is dedicated to the Mengele twins who survived the horrible experiments of Dr. Mengele. Through the continued efforts of the survivors, family members, and community support we hope to shed light on the effects of hatred and prejudice.

MISSION STATEMENT
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center strives for the elimination of hatred and prejudice from our world. CANDLES pursues this goal through education about the Holocaust and the power of forgiveness. Personal accounts, programs, activities, and the museum facilities and resources are used to educate students, teachers, and the general public.

Email: candles@candlesmuseum.org

The controversial and award-winning film Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006) was released on DVD April 17. Directed by Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh, the film documents Auschwitz survivor Eva Kor's struggle with the pain of victimization and her controversial decision to forgive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, the man who orchestrated infamous experiments on Jewish twins during the Holocaust. Hercules and Pugh followed Kor for four years in an effort to capture the mindset behind her self-empowering decision, as well as hostile reactions to this decision from other Holocaust survivors. The film received accolades after screenings in New York and Chicago and won the Crystal Heart Award at the 2006 Heartland Film Festival. DVD is now available from First Run Features. Click on the following links for a preview and some reviews of the film.

FORGIVING DR. MENGELE PREVIEW

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