My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Holocaust Survivor Shares Horrific Stories-- Part 3
"On their first night in the camp, Eva Kor saw the corpses of three children when she went to the latrine. That's when she knew she could die there. 'I made a silent pledge that night to do everything in my power to not end up in the latrine floor like that,' " she said.
The experiments were at times mild. They would strip her naked and for six to eight hours measure her in every part of her body and compare it with her twin. Other times the experiments were painful.
She and her twin were injected with fluids that she to this day are unknown to her.
A Brave One Who Overcame. --GreGen
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