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Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)

Forgiving Dr. Mengele poster
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
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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.

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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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