The Twin Children of the Holocaust: The Humanity Behind the Horror

Twin children in Auschwitz-Birkenau were subjected to brutal medical experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele. In this lecture, Dr. Nancy Segal outline the fate of the children.

The lecture will briefly summarize the children's fates in the camp, but will then focus on the twins' lives – a presentation that brings their humanity to the fore.

Questions surrounding what happened to the twins after liberation, their attempts to bring Mengele to justice, their current struggles and the resilience that enabled them to rebuild their lives will be explored.  

All of this is based on Dr. Nancy Segal's extensive interviews and photographs of the twins, taken on the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 27, 1985; the Yad Vashem hearing on Mengele's war crimes; the investigation surrounding Mengele's death; the ethical dilemmas surrounding the use of data based on Mengele's studies of the twins; and last but not least, Dr. Segal talk about his continued contact with the twins and their families.  

The lecture is based on a book published by dr. Nancy Segal in 2023, an annotated collection of photos: “The Twin Children of the Holocaust: Stolen Childhood and the Will to Survive.”