The Gift

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Feelings & Co.

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

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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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. Support our independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. 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. 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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