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I saw this excellent documentary last night, about the journey into and consequent to, Eva Kor's forgiveness of her torturer, the infamous Dr. Mengele at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi Germany in World War II. She has become a famous person, traveling around the world on her mission to expose people to the advantages of her perspective (though she does not make other perspectives wrong or evil!!)
I am recommending it to anyone interested in the many various angles and approaches and viewpoints around forgiveness, suffering, blame, and violence. The documentary is extraordinarily well-produced, and while it has a definite viewpoint that is developed and explored wonderfully, there are other viewpoints given ample screen time, and the “heroine,” Eva Kor, is not at all whitewashed.
Also, the Israel-Palestine conflict is explored from several vantage-points.
Questions wrestled with include (these are a few of them)
Who is forgiveness FOR?
What about “justice?”
Is forgiveness the same as forgetting?
What are some possible beneficial effects to the world, of a person forgiving?
There are some disturbing “real” WWII images, and I suggest you not view this film until you are ready to face your own perspectives and feelings about violence, torture, the Nazis, etc. The film reverberates in the soul long after it has ended.
Blessings, OM Bastet
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