Finding freedom at… Auschwitz – Cause/belief: Dr Edith Eger at TEDxSanDiego 2012

With a magnificent presence, Dr. Edith Eger paints a tragic illustration of her life as a young girl surviving the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi Germany. Eger's diminutive stature, complemented by a huge and addictive personality, is as contrasting as his story of personal and global tragedy that ended in survival, teaching us that the spirit never dies and that hope is alive and well, just like Eger.

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