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The Importance Of Forgiving

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Forgiving is the answer
Forgiveness helps everyone, and most people would agree.The Holocaust was the worst time for Jews and others whom Hitler considered he got his way. I have 4 articles about forgiving, which I will be using. “Oldest Known Holocaust survivor Dies; Pianist was 110,” by Mark Memmott, is a woman named Alice Herz-Sommer, who lived to 110 and got through the Holocaust. Another article is “It’s For You to Know That You Forgive, Says Holocaust Survivor” by NPR. Eva Kor, Holocaust survivor,forgave the Nazis and Dr. Josef Mengele. The last section is “Surviving The Angel Of Death” by Eva Kor. This is a book of Eva Kor surviving experiments from Dr. Mengele. Dr. Mengele experimented on twins, which Eva Kor was. Also it on forgiving what …show more content…

Alice Herz-Sommer says, “Life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and appreciate. You are thankful for everything For everything” (qtd. In Memmot). For this quote Alice is saying life is short and just move on and live life.Eva would just like for the Holocaust Nazis to come and say what they did and that’s all she wants. She just wants them to say, “I helped kill 6 million Jews and stop Neo-Nazis from doing it in the future. Eva Kor is trying to move the world forward with this, because it would be a change in the world. Eva Kor says, “They can take a piece and a pen and write a letter to someone who hurt them. Please do not mail it to that person.It's for you to know that you forgive,and you can go on with your life without a burden and pain that the Nazis or anybody else ever imposed on you”(It's for you to know 3) You don't have to tell the person yourself that you forgive but you can move on by forgiving them for yourself. This helps people to move on so that they are forgiving and that they can be healed. They can also move on by forgive them for

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