This is the incredibly inspiring story of Auschwitz’ survivor Dr. Edith Eva Eger. Her story is filled with lessons in hope, love, forgiveness and letting go.
Edith was just sixteen when she was taken to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents she was told her mother had been burned and asked to dance to the “Angel of Death” on that very night and many more nights, for which she would be rewarded with a loaf of bread that she would share with her fellow prisoners. Enduring through forced labour, the death march and famine were just some of the horrors she had to face. Yet her story is a story of strength, hope and love. In Auschwitz she learnt the importance of finding from within when nothing comes from the outside and that an enemy can take everything, but the spirit never dies.
After her liberation from the Nazi in 1945, she moved to the U.S. and became a clinical Phycologist. As a clinical psychologist, Edith runs a practice in La Jolla, California, where she assists her patients suffering from distress and pain to recognize hope and opportunities. “True freedom can only be found by forgiving, letting go, and moving on” says Dr. Eger, who spent her life to help her patients live a full and happy life beyond their problems.
She wrote her first book, The Choice, at age 90. A book about her experience but most importantly about life lessons. In her book she explains that every experience in life is a learning experience that gives us a choice on whether we want to be victims or survivors. She talks about facing our fears as fears do not serve us well; where there is fear there is no love. She also talks about the importance of forgiveness, not as a way of forgetting but as a gift to ourselves. Most importantly her story is about helping each other and remembering that there is always light at the end of the tunnel, that there is always hope and that we can have a new beginning today.
