Dr. Edith Eva Eger
At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945. Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself.
Dr. Edith Eger is the author of “The Choice” and “The Gift.”
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Reviews
I just finished watching I Danced for the Angel of Death. Before I could type the first word, I had to wait for the horripilation to subside.
The goosebumps on my arms were so large and rigid that my upper extremities were essentially paralyzed. You orchestrated the perfect telling of a story, more ghastly than any fiction, and brought it to an almost fairy tale ending. What a moving story!
Marianne had a chance to forward your documentary about EDIE, and I was swept up. I thought I knew the story, but I was moved as if discovering for the first time. It’s beautifully done – the interview is powerful, the images haunting, and narrative captivating. It’s hard to believe there have been so few histories of the women who ended up at the camps, and so great that you have now done this one.
It’s a film for ages.
I just finished watching the film. It is so immensely powerful. Have to take a deep breath. Her story and recount is indescribable and will send an everlasting message to all who will see this. I am heavy at heart right now, but that too shall pass. She is such a power of example to our world today. Am a bit teary also.
That was spectacular! Tina watched it with me and it was so good (bad) that she didn’t even close her eyes until we finished at 11:15. I’m so proud of you!
Absolutely phenomenal… so wonderfully done. It blew me away…. so many things to take away from it. Seeing the race specific bathrooms and hear her say how it was going on here too really hits home in the current political environment.
It was beautifully done and absolutely inspiring. The film brings a message of hope to all who have experienced traumatic grief that life can go on and that we do not have to be defined by our trauma. It demonstrates that even under the most horrible of circumstances, resilience is still possible. I look forward to watching it many more times.
Watched this tonight with my girlfriend and her word was “exceptional,” and I quite agree!
It is the best and most powerful Holocaust testimony film I have ever seen! It Is outstanding –and I see many of these types of films daily and for the past 35 years. This was so well done—and what a story she has and how articulately she tells it. Amazing woman to have survived all she did.
