Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)

Directed by

Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States of America

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Holocaust survivor named Eva Mozes Kor confronts her past with the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele who experimented on her and her twin sister. The film follows her over several years as she travels to Israel and wrestles with the idea of forgiving her tormentors.

rawpersonalunflinchingcontemplativeintimateemotionalthought-provokingconfrontational

What happens

Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a 2006 documentary film about Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the Holocaust, and Dr. Josef Mengele and his staff, who experimented on her and her twin sister Miriam Mozes. The documentary was directed by Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh, who also served as producers. They followed Kor for over four years, chronicling her story, including her pilgrimage to Israel. Forgiving Dr. Mengele premiered at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, Illinois, on February 24, 2006. It was scheduled to play for a week, and then travel to other cities in the US. The film is distributed by First Run Features, which handles independent films and documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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