Dr. Edith Eger
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Forgiveness gives you freedom.
So I had to go back to Auschwitz, to that lion's den and look at the lion in the face to reclaim my innocence, to assign the shame and guilt to the perpetrator.
No more.
I'm free.
I think it's a lifelong process.
Really, I didn't have to go back to Auschwitz.
No, not at all.
One of the things I was asked by physicians, which was interesting, have I ever saw birds in Auschwitz?
I never saw birds in Auschwitz.
I guess the smell.
Birds probably pick up the terrible smell.
I was there from May until December.
Yes.
You know, my daughter called me from Auschwitz, and she said, I'm wearing a fur coat, I'm wearing boots, and I'm freezing.
What did you do, Mom?
I didn't have any boots.
I didn't have any fur coat.
I had a little flimsy little something, and I did what I needed to do.
That it's temporary.
I don't like it.