A question and answer period, along with a reception and book signing will follow the talk. Her book, “Echoes from Auschwitz, Dr. Mengele’s Twins: The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes,” will be available for sale for 30 minutes before the event. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in a campus lot off of 20th Street.

The reception will be on the fifth floor of the Schurz Library.

Kor also will take part in the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley’s Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies at noon, April 20, on the second floor of the St. Joseph County Courthouse.

Today, Kor lives in Terre Haute, Ind., and is the founder of CANDLES (Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiment Survivors). The organization began in 1994 and located 122 survivors from Mengele’s experiments. More than 3,000 sets of twins were victims of the doctor’s research.

Kor opened the CANDLES Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute in 1995. The museum was burned in an arson fire in November 2003. Plans are underway to rebuild later this year.

Eva and Miriam were born in Portz, Romania, in 1934. They were the only Jewish family in the small town but were respected as land owners. Their lives were shattered in 1944 when the family was sent to the ghetto and later to Auschwitz.

There at Auschwitz the twins became subjects in Mengele’s medical experiments. As was true with all the twins, one child was used as a control and the other was subjected to the research.

Following the liberation of the camp, Eva and Miriam spent nine months in a camp before being sent to first live with a cousin and later with an aunt in Romania. In 1950, they received visas for Israel where they continued their studies, lived on a kibbutz and joined the Israeli army.

Eva married Michael Kor in 1960 and moved to Indiana. Miriam died in 1993 of a rare form of cancer. Eva believes that the cancer was derived from the Auschwitz experiments.

Eva Mozes Kor has presented more than 400 lectures over the last 19 years to universities, conferences, synagogues, civic groups and medical organizations. She has contributed several chapters to books about Auschwitz. She was the subject of a number of news articles and was featured on “60 Minutes,” “Oprah,” “20/20” and “Good Morning America.”

The Israeli Press named her News Woman of the Year in 1985 and she received an Emmy as co-producer of a documentary on the twin study.

She has remained on the forefront in educating the public about the Holocaust. In 1985, Kor organized a mock trial for Mengele and began the hunt for the doctor. In 1995, she organized a visit back to the concentration camp. In 1999, she filed a class action suit again Bayer Corp. for its role in medical experiments in the camps.

Gov. Joseph Kernan recognized her this January as a person of courage during the State of the State address. She also was the recipient of the Spirit of Justice Award from the Indiana Civil Rights Commission in 2004.

The talk is sponsored by the Kurt and Tessye Simon Fund for Holocaust Remembrance at Temple Beth-El, the Okon Family Endowment Fund for Holocaust Education of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Indiana University South Bend, Department of History, Public Affairs and University Advancement, IU South Bend Student Government Association, Department of Women’s Studies and Department of Political Science.

Donation envelopes for rebuilding the CANDLES Museum will be available.

If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call (574) 237-4135 for assistance.

For further information about the event call Kathy Borlik at (574) 237-4345