The Gift

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! - Edith Eger was 16 years old when the Nazis invaded Hungary during World War II. She was imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. Today, Dr. Edith Eger is a 93-year-old clinician, speaker and author who is so full of wisdom and light, we could’ve done ten episodes with her. This is her story. Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just remember the more you suffer, the stronger you become.
0:07.0	You're a good survivor.
0:10.0	You know, you carry good blood.
0:12.0	So your ancestors never gave up.
0:15.0	We carry good blood.
0:17.0	And we always find the light no matter how dark it is.
0:23.0	I'm Nora McNeerney, and this is Terrible.
0:28.0	Terrible, thanks for asking.
0:31.0	That was Edith Eager, who was born in Hungary in 1927.
0:36.0	Edith was born into a family that was just supremely talented.
0:40.0	Her sister Magda played piano.
0:43.0	Her sister Clara was a violin prodigy, and Edith did ballet.
0:48.0	I had a very wonderful ballet master, and I wanted to be a ballet school.
0:54.0	He said to me that God made us in such a wonderful way that all the extras she has to come from inside out.
1:03.0	I didn't know an extra she or anything what he was talking about.
1:09.0	Of course she didn't.
1:11.0	She was a teenager, and her teacher was talking to her about ecstasy coming from inside out.
1:17.0	Edith wouldn't know until 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary.
1:23.0	Clara was hidden by a violin teacher, but Edith, Magda, and their parents were sent to Auschwitz.
1:30.0	The first night, their parents were sent to the gas chambers.
1:34.0	And Dr. Mengele, known as the Angel of Death,
1:38.0	scoured the barracks looking for talented prisoners who could entertain him.
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