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Eva Kor At the age of 10, my twin sister and I were ripped apart from our family and never saw them again... [more]

Natalie I was so moved by the college student's fiery rescue... [more]

Olivia My friend has made it an annual tradition to celebrate... [more]

Jared I am a high school student that attended ... [more]

THE POWER OF ONE AWARDS
Do you know someone who exemplifies the Power of One? Nominate them for the Power of One Award and let their story help inspire change all over the world. Special consideration will be given to those stories that align with the Museum’s mission of fighting hatred, standing up to indifference, and promoting human rights. Nominations accepted through January 31, 2012.

Eva Kor At the age of 10, my twin sister and I were ripped apart from our family and never saw them again. Miriam, my twin sister and I were used in a variety of deadly experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death. After liberation on January 27, 1945, we have spent months in refugee camps and returned home to find nothing but three cruppled pictures on a bedroom floor. After 5 years in Communist Rumania we arrived in Israel in June 1950, and for the first time in my 16 years of life i slept without the fear of persecution, and death. I served 8 years in the Israeli Army reaching the rank of sargeant major. In 1960 I married an American tourist, Michel Kor, also a Holocaust survivor. In 1995 I went back to Auschwitz this time in the company of a former Nazi doctor from Auschwitz because he knew how the gas chambers operated, and I asked him to sign a document describing the operation of the gas chambers, at the ruin off the gas chambers, and I gave him my letter of forgiveness, forgiving every body including Dr. Mengele. Most people do not understand my forgiveness, and they say that the Nazis do not deserve forgiveness-that is true but I and all the victims in the world deserve to live free from the pain imposed on us. Forgiveness to me means; healing, liberation, self empowerment, and making the broken whole again. Anger is a seed for war. Forgiveness is a seed for peace. I would like to teach the world to heal from all the pain of the past. each person has to do it for herself and himself. I receive thousands of emails thanking me for helping them understand the power they have to heal themselves. Most of these are abuse victims who thanked me for helping them rise above ther pain, and reclaim their lives. Forgiveness is free everyone can afford it and it works. Forgiveness has nothing to do with any religion, it has a lot more to do that each victim need to be healed. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Natalie I was so moved by the college student's fiery rescue of the motorcyclist in Utah that I enrolled in a CPR and First Aid class the very next day. I want to have the tools to be of assistance to someone if an emergency should occur. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Olivia My friend has made it an annual tradition to celebrate her birthday by volunteering her time at a local homeless shelter. She invited a few of us to help serve food two years ago. This year nearly twenty family and friends joined us. She is a gleaming example of the power of one and I look forward to joining more people next year. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Jared I am a high school student that attended last week's student leadership day event at the museum. I heard Emmanuel Habimana, a child survivor of the Rwandan genocide, say the following quote: "A garden with one color is boring, but with many colors it becomes exciting. Make earth our garden.” This powerful quote sums up the entire day and experience for me during the Holocaust museum’s leadership day. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Sarah I learned the Power of One at the recent teacher training on Japanese American internment camps, where each individual found courage through the art of gaman, bearing the seemingly unbearable with patience. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Susan I attended the Anti-Bullying Forum at the museum and saw the Power of One. As teachers and administrators, we do have the power to change lives! -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Adam I witnessed the power of one in the strangest place…at the post office yesterday. A woman was freaking out because she did not know how to wrap the package she was sending to her aging father. While a lot of people looked away, another woman stepped out of her place in line and helped wrap the package, all the while connecting with the woman about her own aging parents. We are truly all connected. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Rocco I went to the museum on a field trip. I heard a survivor of the holocaust speak. I will never forget him and I will try to help others. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Miss Becca I volunteer at a food pantry in my neighborhood. I guess you could say that my power of one is helping those in need. But I really feel that when I leave the pantry, I am enriched by my time there. -Share on Facebook Share on Twitter