Photo by Crystal Reed
Alex Kor, son of two Holocaust survivors, spoke about his parents Eva and Mickey Kor to a packed room at Arthur Public Library on Saturday, March 4.

•March 8, 2023•
by Crystal Reed

Alex Kor of Terre Haute spoke at Arthur Public Library Saturday, March 4, to a packed room. Both his parents were Holocaust survivors who passed away in the last 3-1/2 to 4 years. His mother was Eva Kor and his father, Mickey Kor.
Mickey Kor was born in Riga, Latvia and was the youngest of four boys. Because his father was a shoemaker, their family did not have the resources to escape when the Nazis invaded and were forced into the Riga ghetto. His father was murdered by a guard on the same day the family was forced into the ghetto, leaving his mother to move them in alone.
When the ghetto was liquidated, his mother saved his life by pushing him into the group of older boys who would be selected for slave labor. This was the last time he ever saw her. His mother and the rest of the ghetto inhabitants who were not selected for forced labor were murdered in a mass shooting.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.