- Auschwitz survivor Sora Vigorito will speak Wednesday at the Chabad UF Jewish Center about surviving Mengele's twin experiments.
- Sora Vigorito, born in Berlin in 1941, survived Mengele's twin experiments at Auschwitz while her twin sister did not survive.
Auschwitz survivor Sora Vigorito, one of the few remaining survivors of Dr. Josef Mengele’s twin experiments, will speak on Wednesday at the Chabad UF Jewish Center in Gainesville.
The doors will open at 6:45 p.m. and the free event starts at 7:30 p.m. at 2021 NW 5th Ave. Refreshments will be served and donations are appreciated. RSVP by clicking on this link: www.jewishgator.com/hrd.
Vigorito, one of the few remaining survivors of Dr. Josef Mengele’s twin experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp, was born in Berlin in 1941. She was subjected to medical experimentation as a child after being sent to Auschwitz with her twin sister, who did not survive. This will be a rare opportunity to hear Vigorito’s first-hand account of the torture she endured by the Nazis and Mengele, known as the “Angel of Death,” and how her faith gives her courage, resilience and strength to this day.
A musical performance will include the theme from “Schindler’s List.”
The event is being presented by the Holocaust Education Center of North Central Florida for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026.
For more information or to help sponsor the event, contact Rabbi Berl Goldman at rabbi@jewishgator.com or 352-336-5877.