Eva And Josef Mengele: The Angel Of Death

Mikaela Steinagel

Sherena Huntsman

English 1010

17 November 2015

The Angel Of Death

In this research paper I will talk about Eva and Miriam Mozes. They are twin sisters who survived deadly experiments performed by Josef Mengele. Josef Mengele was known as the “Angel of Death”. This is very interesting because he is not an angel at all. Mengele did horrific experiments on Eva and Miriam Mozes as well as many other twins during World War 2, there experiences improved their relationship forever. The Mozes sisters were born in the small village of Portz, Romania, on January 30, 1934. In March of 1944 the Mozes family was relocated and sent to a ghetto in Simleul Silvanei and than deported to Auschwitz. ("Eva & Miriam Mozes Kor.” The Holocaust,

During their time at Auschwitz, Eva and Miriam were put through many extremely harsh surgeries and experiments. Josef Mengele did many medical experiments at Auschwitz using twins. He did experiments without using anesthesia, and performed transfusions of blood to one twin to another. Mengele would also make injections with lethal germs, do sex change operations, and even removed organs and limbs of some helpless twins. The children that were as old as five and six years were usually murdered after the experiment was over. Once they were dead, the bodies were dissected ("Eva and Miriam Mozes." Eva and Miriam Mozes). The Mengele twins never wore striped camp uniforms because they were Mengele 's favorite subjects, and they were awarded special treatment such as being able to keep their own hair and clothing, and receiving extra food. As long as they stayed healthy and useful they would be kept alive. Eva recounts many times that the reason she was not sent to the gas chambers in the first place was that she had a twin. ("Eva and Miriam Mozes." Eva and Miriam

In 1950 the Mozes twins received visas for Israel and went there. They became members of a communal settlement called a Kibbutz, populated mostly by orphans. In 1952, they both joined the Israeli Army. Miriam became a nurse and Eva studied drafting. In 1960, Eva married and came to the United States. They settled in Terre Haute, Indiana (Eva & Miriam Mozes Kor.” The Holocaust, through Their Eyes). In Eva 's book, Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz, she explains the basic need of affection she and her sister had after liberation. She also expresses the great passion and love for the land of Israel and the security it provided for Holocaust survivors (Mozes 105). As adults, Eva and Miriam suffered serious health problems. Eva suffered from miscarriages and tuberculosis. Miriam 's kidneys never fully developed and she died in 1993 of a rare form of cancer, most likely brought on by the unknown medical experiments and injections performed by Josef Mengele. Eva Mozes wrote books on her experiences and she spoke to over 400 schools, universities, conferences, and civic groups. She is the founder of CANDLES, the Holocaust Museum and Education center in Indiana. Eva later in life decides that forgiveness is good and that resolving to love one another and fight prejudice is the most significant thing one can do in life ("Eva and Miriam Mozes." Eva and Miriam Mozes). I think people can learn a lot from the Mozes twins. Their struggles and