Holocaust survivor, renowned public speaker and author Eva Mozes Kor will bring her message of forgiveness in the face evil to the University of Central Missouri at in a free, public presentation at noon, Friday, Oct. 28, in Elliott Union 236.

Holocaust survivor, Eva Kor.

Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, were the only members of their family to survive the horrors of Auschwitz in 1944-45. In 1995 she founded the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, Ind., which honors the lives of the twin victims of medical experimentation at Auschwitz by telling their stories to educate the world. Destroyed by arson in 2003, CANDLES was rebuilt with the help of a generous public outpouring of support and reopened in 2005.

Kor will sign copies of her book, “Surviving the Angel of Death,” following her presentation. The books may be purchased on site.

The presentation is made possible through financial support from the Department of Government, International Studies and Languages, Department of Theatre and Dance, Department of History and Anthropology and The Honors College at UCM.