Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Bob Hercules
Cheri Pugh

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Eva Mozes Kor, who survived Josef Mengele's cruel twin experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp, shocks other Holocaust survivors when she decides to forgive the perpetrators as a way of self-healing. |

Plot Keywords:

Auschwitz | Mengele | Holocaust Survivor | Holocaust | Israel

Cast

Eva Mozes Kor	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sami Adwan	...	Himself - Peace Research Inst. for the Middle East
Dan Bar-On	...	Himself, Professor of psychology, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Michael Berenbaum	...	Himself - Holocaust scholar & author
Albert H. Friedlander	...	Himself, Dean, Leo Baeck College, London (as Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander)
Alex Kor	...	Himself, Eva's son
Michael Kor	...	Himself - Eva's husband
Rina Kor	...	Herself - Eva's daughter
Vera Kriegel	...	Herself - Former Mengele twin
Jona Laks	...	Herself - Former Mengele twin
Linda Livni	...	Herself - Jewish peace activist
Hubert Markl	...	President - Max Planck Society (as Dr. Hubert Markl)
Dr. Hans Münch	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ephraim Reichenberg	...	Himself - Former Mengele twin
Mary Wright	...	Herself, Eva's friend

Runtime:

USA:82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Ashkelon, Israel

Company:

Media Process Group Inc.

Forgiveness

In Response to the above Poster, I don't want people to be misinformed that Jewish people do not emphasize Forgiveness. One of the MOST important "holidays" on the Jewish Calendar is Yom Kippur- literally meaning The Day of Forgiveness. This is when the Jewish people fast until sundown- and ask anyone they may feel they need to ask forgiveness from- for forgiveness. One can call people from the past they feel they were mean to, or ask a current friend/ or even someone considered to be one's "enemy" for total forgiveness. It is an extremely important day- very spiritual- and some consider it to be the most important day in the calendar. So, with this in mind, remember that all humans have the capacity to forgive, no matter the religion. It is not only the New Testament that says to forgive- but the world that seeks for us to discover the humanity within others. The Holocaust was a dark time. I know many people are tired of literally seeing "corpses." But, we can't forget the past. And for some, it is their only link to their own humanity- knowing that in a time passed they were once innocent as we deal with children in this documentary. There was indeed a time, when they were truly "alive," instead of feeling like the living dead. I hope you enjoy the documentary. It is a great journey into this atrocious event in history.