This is a book of survival and a book of forgiveness. Eva amazes Kor recounts her harrowing experiences at the Auschwitz camp in the voice of a child forced to grow up fast. However, Eva focuses on surviving the camp, rather than the brutalities she was subjected to. In the second half of the book, she talks of her journey towards forgiveness and how it helped her transform from a bitter youth to the person she was as this book was written. By forgiving the Nazis, she frees herself from being a victim.

I found this book particularly relevant as a member of a religious minority in India, currently governed by a neo- Nazi party. They have committed serious crimes against the minorities in India and before the outbreak of the pandemic, was planning to build camps to send those members of religious minorities who fail to submit “sufficient” proofs for their citizenship. I hope that more people read books like this to acquire historical awareness and to prevent the worst of history from repeating itself.

Thank you NetGalley and Tanglewood Publishing for the digital advance reading copy of this book.

This was an amazing memoir about Eva Mozes Kor and should be used in every school as part of the history curriculum when discussing the atrocities that occurred during WWII. I cried quite a few times while I was reading this book. Eva's story is heartbreaking and should have never happened.

As this book is for young adult readers, I thought the amount of detail included was spot on. Eva shares her stories without sharing all of the horrific details on the things they endured.

I love that Eva talks about how she forgave the Nazis, not because they asked for it, but so that she could heal. I also loved that Eva returned to Auschwitz, time and time again, to share her story with visitors. This story is important and needs to be remembered.

While many great fictional texts exist, the personal voice and story in memoirs is needed and important. I was touched by Eva's ability to forgive. This book will be in my classroom library!

Eva Mozes Kor was just a little girl when she was arrested and brought to Auschwitz, together with her family.
Where her parents and sibblings where selected to go into the gaschambers, Eva and her twinsister was awaiting a different fate. A fate worse than you can imagine.

Only ten years old, they are becoming part of the horrible medical experiments of Dr. Jozef Mengele. And although the have some priviliges, they still have to life in terrible circumstances. But they made a decission right from the start, they would make it out of Auschwitz alive. And yes they did.

In Surviving the Angel of Death there is a short brieving about Eva her experiences in Auschwitz, from the moment they went there till the moment they where set free by the Russians. But it mostly tells a story about how they had to continue their lifes, without really knowing what harm was done medically, without really knowing what happened to their familymembers.

But the truth is Eva survived in a very special way. She lived her life filled with power, strenght and forgiveness. Something that is kinda hard to imagine for people who have been true the same. But healing gave her the power to life her life the way she wanted.

A beautiful story about two amazing woman / children. A story that - in my opinion - would be even better for readers with a little bit more detail and information. But at the same time a story that has to be told!

Surviving the Angel of Death by Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri
I’m rating this book as 5 Stars. The story of her going from a child of the only Jewish family in town to a twin in the twin experiments was fascinating. I would recommend this book. Amazing book with her story of being a test subject of the Angel of Death and how she survived. I liked the fact that both sisters survived the war, even if so many others didn’t.

I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I do like reading books about the Holocaust because I like to be educated. The atrocities that these people went through is beyond measure, it’s hard for us to even imagine.
I did like Eva’s take on everything. It’s not the Germans fault, as not all played a pair it was the Nazis fault. I liked that she spread the truth and forgave people for their parts.
It really was a touching story.

This book was amazing. Honestly I read it in one night. The book was very easy to read and follow and although it didn't go into too much technical detail, it gave a special insight on survival from the horror of being "chosen" for experimentation by the evil Dr.Mengele and his henchmen.
I would recommend this book to all people in all walks of life.

It was a great book. Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book. I would recommend reading this book.

Amazing book, written by one of the surviving twins Eva. It is emotional, it has a happy ending and most importantly it tells us what life after the camps was like for her. I read it in one sitting and the emotions were raw and unexpected. No matter how many books one reads about the Holocaust, it always surprises me how it continues to move us. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy.

This book is not for the feint of heart. I don’t say this as a way to dissuade you to read this magnificently written book. No, I say this as a reader that typically finishes a book within a day and learning I couldn’t because of the topic. Even with the prior knowledge from previous non-fiction stories revolving around the Hitler-era.

This story is both tragic and uplifting, and I encourage anyone seeking to expand your knowledge of the Mengele twin and/or Auschwitz to read it.

My rating scale:

5☆ - I will own this book someday, I loved it that much!
4☆ - Near perfection and enjoyed losing myself in the book!
3☆ - I liked this book.
2☆ - I didn't really care for this book.
1☆ - I did not like this book at all and probably did not finish it.

The novel by authors # Eva Moses and # Lisa Rojany Buccieri is enlightening. #' Surviving the Angel of Death' is about two twin survivors of the Holocaust. This is a novel for everyone.
Thank you,
#Netgalley, #Eva Moses, # Lisa Rojany Buccieri, and Tanglewood Books for the advanced copy

Eva Mozes Kor tells the story of arriving at Auschwitz, separated from her parents and family, and left with only her twin sister, Miriam. They are noticed by Dr. Josef Mengele and subjected to brutal experiments. Her vitality and strength hold them both together, though they are injured and starved. A sensitive and uplifting story of human strength and endurance. Recommended reading!

This book is the story of Eva Mozes Kor. Eva and her twin sister Miriam, were born in Romania in 1934. When the Nazis finally invaded their remote town, their family of six (her parents and two older sisters), were transported to Auschwitz. Eva and Miriam were the only two of the family to survive, spared simply because they were identical twins, and they were subjected to the infamous experiments carried out by Dr. Josef Mengele.

While Eva and Miriam's story of survival in itself is miraculous, this book goes on to detail Eva's life after the war. In her later life she dedicated herself to Holocaust education, and became what is referred to as a forgiveness advocate. She also founded CANDLES: Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors, a museum in Terre Haute Indiana, where Eva lived.

This book was a real surprise. I am so glad I read it. Thank you #netgalley and @tanglewoodpublishing for the e-ARC in return for my honest review. #survivingtheangelofdeath

Eva and her twin sister Miriam were only ten years old when they were taken from their home in Romania to Auschwitz concentration camp. Upon arrival at the camp, the twins were scouted right away and plucked out of the crowd, never to see their family again. Eva and Miriam would then become science experiments at the whim of Dr. Mengele, known by his nickname around the camp as the Angel of Death. Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz is the story of how Eva survived Auschwitz and learned how to forgive her enemies.
Most books about the Holocaust, especially the true stories, are difficult to read. Eva’s story made me cry as I imagined just how horrible it must have been for her and Miriam. Against all odds, Eva ended up deciding to forgive the Nazis for what they have done. Her act of forgiveness sparked a huge controversy amongst survivors of the Holocaust. Forgiveness is generally seen as an act of reconciliation between two parties, but for Eva, she saw forgiveness as being for the victim rather than for the perpetrator. I found Eva’s perspective inspiring.
Eva Mozes Kor passed away in 2019 at the age of 85. Before she died, Eva led many guided visits through Auschwitz and gave many speeches all over the world.
I would greatly recommend Surviving the Angel of Death. It is a short book and is worth the read.

Eva Mozes Kor shares her own story of living in occupied Romania, then a Jewish ghetto, and finally Birkenau, where Eva and her twin sister Miriam became human experiments for the Angel of Death, Josef Mengele. Eva shares her story in an honest way--it's truly a testament of what happened. Even though this biography is targeted for teens and YA, I think it could be beneficial for mature middle readers. Mozes Kor never shies away from the atrocities and crimes against humanity that were present in a Nazi death camp, but the descriptions are not so graphic that they would be too traumatic for a middle reader.

Mozes Kor also shares how she was able to heal from her experiences through forgiveness--she never forgives the Nazis on account of all survivors, but only for herself. In this experience, she finds freedom, and she does encourage her readers, especially young ones, to seek healing from their own pain through forgiveness, too. For readers struggling through something difficult themselves, Mozes Kor can be a great mentor figure.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tanglewood Publishing for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

*this is an honest review in exchange for an arc copy from netgalley*
~this is just my opinion, and someone else may have a different experience with this book~

Surviving the Angel of Death is a heart wrenching memoir of the life of Eva Mozes through the infamous twin experiments of the holocaust. Mozes describes vivid memories of her time during this experience. The novel is fairly descriptive and was hard for me personally to read. The horrible things that happened to Eva Mozes are difficult, but important, to read. Because she is a real, live, person, it was harder for me to read this novel rather than a historical fiction. This being said, I think that it is extremely important to understand the horrors of this time period. This book adds a personal touch to a topic that most people are familiar with. Overall, I think this book is vital to read for every person.

I have read many books about the Holocaust but this is the first regarding the experiments on twins. Eva's story is one that needs to be shared far and wide. As children, herself and her twin sister Miriam arrived at Auschwitz with her family. At only 10 years old they were separated from their mother at the request of Mengle a sadistic scientist. The two young girls were routinely injected with diseases, had blood drawn all while struggling to survive.

The courage and determination that Eva had at such as young age is what kept her and her sister alive. Of course, there were times that without outside help the girls would have surely died. This was an important reading experience but it is heartbreaking to think of such vulnerable children being treated this way.

An important read and this got 5 stars.

Eva and her twin sister were 10 years old when they were taken to Auschwitz. Her parents and two older sisters were never seen again, but Miriam and Eva were spared because Dr. Mengele had experiments he wanted to perform on twins. This non-fiction book will expose the reader to the trials these girls overcame during their time in the concentration camp and the years that followed these harrowing events. This new edition has additional information about Eva and some facts about her life since the book was originally published. I had read the original book a few years ago and still enjoyed reading again about her trials during the Holocaust. Surviving the Angel of Death is a must-read for young adults and every age group.

Surviving the Angel of Death The Story of Mengele Twin in Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor. I received an advanced copy of the newest edition, so I am not sure what, if anything, changed from the older edition. Reading from the perspective of a childs life inside Auschwitz was horrifying. She was 10 years old when she entered Auschwitz with her family. She had a twin sister and they were both sent to the barracks that house all the twin children. Mengele, as we all know, did experiments on these kids that not only included injections of diseases, but poisons as well. Her sister had injections that caused her kidneys to stop growing, so they always stayed the size of a 10 year olds kidneys. I refuse to say I enjoyed this book, how can you enjoy something so horrifying, but I will say that this book should be read! It should be required reading in school as well. Yes, it is harsh, and extremely blunt, but it deserves to be read. The very fact that Eva and her sister survived is a miracle!! This book reads very matter of factly. Eva seems like a no nonsense kind of woman and this book reads like that. 3.75⭐ rounded up to 4⭐.
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Thank you to Netgalley, Tanglewood Publishing and Eva Mozes Kor for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Surviving the Angel of Death // by Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri

I generally like to mix up my genres to avoid getting burned out and so that I don’t read a lot of serious books one after the other. I just finished a fantastic fantasy book (see my review here) so I thought this would be a good time to read another serious book. Well, it does not get much more serious than this and I sobered up rather quickly. It starts like so many books about the survivors of the Holocaust do: with a cattle cart headed for Auschwitz.

As a German myself, I have often been on the receiving end of both questions about our education on the Holocaust as well as Nazi jokes to the point of practicing my English so much that I have lost my accent enough to not sound German anymore. While I’m glad to say that we receive much more education about the horrors of the time of our country than the US does about their atrocities, there are still so many things that I have not heard of. The evils of the Nazi regime knew no bounds and this book is another testament to that. As the remaining survivors continue to leave this earth, we are receiving less and less first-hand details about this time in history. It is important to never forget what happened, which is why I continue to pick up these books despite the pain they bring of knowing that my own country has been so cruel.

While I knew about the propaganda in Germany against Jews and how, step-by-step, Hitler and his government managed to spread hate for Jews and other minorities, I did not know the extent to which that was shown to young children in school in other countries as well, using math problems and short films about how to kill Jews. I also have often heard about the denial of many Germans that did not believe that things were as bad as people made it out to be but I did not realize that there were also Jews that felt the same way, believing things just could not be that bad until it was too late for them and they arrived in the ghettos or even the concentration camps. Every time you think that something has to be the worst thing you learned about, something else comes along to shatter that illusion, such as finding out about the experiments that Mengele performed on twins and other groups of people. When I read that after the death of one twin due to a purposely caused disease, the other (healthy) twin would be killed so they could compare their organs to each other, I had to put down the book and walk away to work through all the emotions.

I am so thankful that Eva Mozes Kor did the difficult work of remembering her experiences in detail to pass along the story of what happened to her and her family. I am in awe of the work she did throughout her life as well to spread awareness about what happened during the Holocaust in an effort to never let the world forget about it. While I have some mixed feelings about certain choices in her later life, especially after reading The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan, there is no doubt that she did what she felt was right to honor the memory of her family and the many lives that were lost. As someone that often skips over acknowledgements, afterwords, etc., I highly recommend you continue reading through everything after her Epilogue. There is a lot of interesting information there and I appreciate that we get to hear even the criticism that she received as well. It helps paint a complete picture of who she was and what her goals were.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.