44 July 11 • 2019
jn
soul
of blessed memory
(JTA) — Holocaust survivor
Eva Mozes Kor, who underwent
experiments in Auschwitz
together with her twin sister, has
died at the age of 85.
Kor, of Terra Haute, Ind., died
July 4, 2019, in Krakow, Poland,
the CANDLES Holocaust Museum
and Education Center she
founded said in a statement. She
was in Poland with the museum’
s
annual trip to visit Nazi camps.
Kor and her sister were one of
some 1,500 sets of twins who were
experimented on by Josef Mengele. CANDLES
stands for Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly
Lab Experiments Survivors. She founded the
museum in 1985.
Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, who were
born in Romania, were the only members of her
family to survive the Holocaust, after being sent
to Auschwitz in 1944. They were liberated 18
months later by the Soviet army.
Kor moved to Israel with her sister in 1950
where she served in the Israeli army as a sergeant
major in the Engineering Corps. In 1960, she
married fellow survivor, an
American, Michael Kor, and they
moved to the United States.
Her experiences during the
Holocaust became public due
to the 1978 miniseries The
Holocaust.
She returned to Auschwitz to
share her experience with groups
during tours of the site, including
annually with groups from
CANDLES.
Kor frequently spoke about the
power of forgiveness and publicly
forgave Mengele and the Nazis. Her embrace
in 2015 of 94-year-old Auschwitz guard Oskar
Groening during his trial in Germany made
headlines.
The CANDLES museum wrote in its
announcement of Kor’
s death: “The themes
of Eva’
s life are apparent. We can overcome
hardship and tragedy. Forgiveness can help
us to heal. And everyone has the power and
responsibility to make this world a better place.
We hope Eva’
s story continues to change the lives
of those who hear it for many years to come.” ■
Eva Mozes Kor, Survivor of Mengele Twin Experiments, Dies at 85
Disney Channel Star Dies at Age 20
Cameron Boyce, a young Disney
Channel star who also appeared in
Adam Sandler films, died July 6,
2019, at age 20, according to pub-
lished reports.
According to a statement from
Boyce’
s family, he “passed away in
his sleep due to a seizure which
was a result of an ongoing medical
condition for which he was being
treated.
”
Boyce was from a family of Caribbean, African and
Jewish heritage. Boyce discussed his ethnicity with the
internet site Raw: “Oh man. Your guess is as good as
mine,
” he said. “I’
m a lot of different European. I know my
grandfather is from the Caribbean. And my grandmother
is… You know, I’
m sure they both have lineage in Africa
because I’
m black. I like to say that I’
m bl-ewish, I’
m black
and I’
m Jewish. So, you know, me and Drake, we got that
in common.
”
On Instagram, he talked about going to the Anne Frank
house with his mom, Libby Boyce, writing, “Hard to
find words to describe the feeling of walking through the
Secret Annex … and to be able to experience that with
my Mom of Jewish descent. Simply put, thank you, Anne
Frank.
”
He was best known for his role on the Descendants and
starring alongside Adam Sandler in Grown Ups movies. ■
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Eva Kor
Cameron Boyce