Forgiving, Part 1

     I have a feeling I will end up having several posts about this.  I watched a documentary last night called "Forgiving Doctor Mengele".  Here's a link to the trailer...

Warning, Graphic Content: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDtEmOHmRs

For those of you who may not know, I'm completely obsessed with World War II.  I watch documentaries, Google articles and pictures and read about it as much as I can.  I don't know what my morbid fascination with it is all about, but it exists.  For those who are normal and not obsessed like me, Dr. Mengele was a Nazi doctor who was known as the "Angel of Death" for his experimentation.  His favorite subjects were twins.  Same bodies, same genes, same age and basically same mental state.  He would experiment on one until they died and then murder the second one and do comparative autopsies.  It was perfect for a madman. 

The documentary was about Eva Kor.  She is one of the two little girls on the right holding hands in the front of the picture above.  She and her twin sister Miriam were among those Dr. Mengele experimented on.  The picture was taken on the day the Red Army came and liberated them. 
This documentary takes several twists and turns.  I don't know the last time I watched something that had such an emotional impact on me or made me think so much.  The basic theme of the movie was how Eva eventually forgave Dr. Mengele and the other Nazi's who inflicted such pain on her, her family and the Jews.  It really has made me think about the meaning of forgiveness.  I'm going to process that awhile longer and come back with Part 2.  If any of you watch this, let me know.  It does have some graphic scenes but not too bad.  Only a few bodies shown for a few seconds.  It's horrifying but not too detailed.