The event I went to was part of the Rockhurst visiting scholar lecture series, that featured Eva Mozes Kor a survivor of the Holocaust. This event was divided into three different parts by Eva Kor: how she survived the Holocaust, the lessons she has learned, and at the very end when she finished her lecture she took a few questions. The entire event lasted about an hour and a half. While the subject of the lecture was a very deep subject, Eva Kor lightened the mood in a way.
Eva Kor was only 10 years old when she was packed in a cattle car and arrived at Auschwitz with her family. Once they arrived at Auschwitz, they were put on a selection platform. Eva’s father and two older sisters went to the left, and she never saw them again. Eva was …show more content…
Reading about the Holocaust and Auschwitz is one thing, but actually hearing firsthand from someone that lived through that was astounding. It really made me think about how someone else in the world always has a life that is worse than mine. Sometimes I take for granted having all the things that I do in my life, instead of appreciating what I have because some people don’t even have a house or loving parents like I do. I really enjoyed Eva Kor’s lecture and I felt like I could picture some of the things that she went through. What amazed me the most about Eva, was that even after going through such a horrifying experience when she was only ten years old she has triumphed. As she said in her lecture, she didn’t want to be a victim because that gives the people who hurt her power over her. So she learned to forgive. Listening to Eva explain what she went through that led her to forgive all the Nazi’s for what they did to her was just mind blowing. At the time I couldn’t understand why she would ever consider forgiving anyone like the Nazi’s. But what she said next really hit me. She said the best power we have is to forgive the people who hurt us so that person no longer has any power over us, “a seed for peace.” I really took this message to heart because it made me realize that I need to stop being angry at those that hurt me in the past
Eva Kor was only 10 years old when she was packed in a cattle car and arrived at Auschwitz with her family. Once they arrived at Auschwitz, they were put on a selection platform. Eva’s father and two older sisters went to the left, and she never saw them again. Eva was …show more content…
Reading about the Holocaust and Auschwitz is one thing, but actually hearing firsthand from someone that lived through that was astounding. It really made me think about how someone else in the world always has a life that is worse than mine. Sometimes I take for granted having all the things that I do in my life, instead of appreciating what I have because some people don’t even have a house or loving parents like I do. I really enjoyed Eva Kor’s lecture and I felt like I could picture some of the things that she went through. What amazed me the most about Eva, was that even after going through such a horrifying experience when she was only ten years old she has triumphed. As she said in her lecture, she didn’t want to be a victim because that gives the people who hurt her power over her. So she learned to forgive. Listening to Eva explain what she went through that led her to forgive all the Nazi’s for what they did to her was just mind blowing. At the time I couldn’t understand why she would ever consider forgiving anyone like the Nazi’s. But what she said next really hit me. She said the best power we have is to forgive the people who hurt us so that person no longer has any power over us, “a seed for peace.” I really took this message to heart because it made me realize that I need to stop being angry at those that hurt me in the past