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My Random 5 for April 4

1. I was privileged to have been in a jam-packed Emens Auditorium  yesterday afternoon to listen to the compelling story of Eva Mozes Kor.   She is not only a Holocaust survivor,  but she and her twin sister Miriam survived  the inhuman experiments done on twins by Josef Mengele,  known as “The Angel of Death.”   When my two friends and I arrived at the lecture hall,  there were curtains drawn across the half closest to the stage,  and the balcony was closed.   As the time drew nearer to our viewing the documentary film " Forgiving Dr. Mengele",  we noticed that the curtains were drawn back esposing the back half,  and the balcony seats were being filled.   Ball State University’s Jewish Studies Program and Emen’s staff  were not prepared for so many of us  wanting to hear Eva’s story.   The film documents time and again that the Holocaust did happen.  And this story should be told again and again  so ...