44 July 11 • 2019
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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