TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Associated Press and Staff
April 25, 2015

A former Auschwitz guard on trial for 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and a Holocaust survivor whose family was killed in the camp embraced briefly during court proceedings, in a moment that stunned everyone present. Former SS Sgt. Oskar Groening, 93, then kissed Eva Kor, 81, who had traveled from Indiana to testify against him in the case. Kor said she was submitted to cruel medical experiments during her time at the camp, along with her twin sister. She told The Times of London that after her testimony, she approached Groening to appeal to him to use his remaining years to fight against Nazism. She offered her hand and somehow the two hugged for a moment. “I was a little bit astonished,” Kor said after the encounter. “It was not planned. This is what you see when you see two human beings interact,” she said. “He likes me, how about that? I am going back to the US with a kiss on my cheek from a former Nazi.” READ MORE