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Finding Freedom in... Auschwitz -Cause/Belief: Dr. Edith Eger at TEDxSanDiego 2012
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Finding Freedom in... Auschwitz -Cause/Belief: Dr. Edith Eger at TEDxSanDiego 2012

Introduction

The speaker introduces herself and the purpose of her talk.

Celebrating Life

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  • The speaker celebrates life and shares a part of her life that guided her to be there.
  • She emphasizes that no matter what happens, we still have the choice and freedom to choose how we respond to any circumstance.

Choosing Our Response

The speaker talks about working with Vietnam veterans and how their responses to their circumstances impacted her.

Two Paraplegics

  • The speaker worked with two paraplegics who had different responses to their circumstances.
  • One was cursing the country and God while the other was grateful for a second chance in life.

Gratefulness

The speaker talks about the power of gratitude in difficult situations.

Second Chance in Life

  • The second paraplegic was grateful for a second chance in life, which allowed him to see his children's eyes and do more with what he had.
  • Gratitude can help us make the most out of our situation.

Facing Our Secrets

The speaker talks about facing our secrets as a way to find freedom from within.

Hiding Secrets

  • A 16-year-old girl was hiding her secret during one of the speaker's sessions.
  • Recognizing that she couldn't take them further, the speaker decided to go back and face her own secrets.

Finding Freedom Within

The speaker shares her experience going back to Auschwitz as a way to find freedom from within.

Going Back To Auschwitz

  • The speaker went back to Auschwitz and asked her sister to come with her, but she refused.
  • She wanted to go back and face the lion in the face, recognizing that she had a secret and the secret had her.
  • The key is in our pocket, and we can find freedom from within.

Never Losing Hope

The speaker talks about never losing hope even in difficult situations.

Meeting Dr. Mengele

  • The speaker met Dr. Mengele at the end of the line when they arrived at Auschwitz.
  • He appointed her mother to go to the left and her sister to the right, but she followed her mother.
  • Dr. Mengele looked her in the eye and said that she would see her mother very soon; instead, he threw her on the other side which meant life.

Spirit Never Dies

The speaker talks about how nothing can ever murder our spirit.

Broken But Not Defeated

  • They could take everything away from the speaker, torture her, beat her, break her back but they could never murder her spirit.
  • That's what she brings today - that spirit that they could not take away from me.

Choosing Our Attitude

The speaker talks about choosing our attitude towards life.

Surviving Auschwitz

  • When things were very difficult in Auschwitz, she said to herself if I survived today then tomorrow I'll be free.
  • She cuddled with Meg all of the time and told Magda that she has beautiful eyes even though they were shaven completely.
  • We have a choice whether we pay attention to what we lost or what is still here.

Surviving Slave Labor and the Death March

The speaker talks about surviving slave labor and the death march during World War II. They mention being bombed and ending up in Mount House, Austria. They also talk about how they were liberated by the 71st Infantry.

Surviving Slave Labor

  • The speaker mentions being a slave laborer during World War II.
  • They talk about how they were able to survive despite the difficult conditions.

The Death March

  • The speaker survived the death march, which was very difficult.

Liberation

  • The 71st Infantry came and liberated the speaker.

Hope for a Better Future

In this section, the speaker talks about hope for a better future and their dream of forming a human family to survive on this planet together.

Hopelessness vs Hope

  • The speaker acknowledges that there is both hopelessness and hope in the world.

Dreaming of a Better Future

  • The speaker dreams of holding hands with others to form a human family.

Surviving Together

  • The goal is to survive together on this planet as one human family.

Conclusion

This section is just a brief conclusion where the speaker thanks their audience.

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Video description

With a magnificent presence, Dr. Edith Eger paints a tragic illustration of her life as young girl surviving Nazi Germany's Auschwitz death camp. Eger's tiny stature complimented by a huge and addicting personality is as contrasting as her story of personal and worldly tragedy that ended in survival, teaching us that the spirit never dies and that hope is very much alive, just as Eger is. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)