She Was About to Die in a Gas Chamber, Mengele Saw Her Dance and Changed Her Destiny: Edith Eger Is “the Dancer of Auschwitz”

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After surviving Nazi hell, he emigrated to the U.S., Ph.D. in Psychology, and became a post-traumatic stress specialist. Since then — and even today, at the age of 97 — he dedicates his life to helping others overcome atrocious events. His first book, in which he overturns his memories, has sold millions of copies and this year he re-released it in a version for young people.

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In front of the horror, she danced. At the age of 16, separated from the mother and played in the center of the Nazi terror, Edith Eger realized that every step could mean more than one day. On the first night in Auschwitz, obliged to present herself to Josef Mengele, a doctor responsible for human experiments, the young Hungarian dancer used the image as a stage and transformed that dance into his chance of survival — a report that would come d…