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- Birth nameEdith Eva Elefánt
- Edith Eger was born on September 29, 1927 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Kosice, Slovakia]. She was an actress, known for The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes (2021), I Danced for the Angel of Death - The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story (2021) and Most Wanted Nazis (2023). She was married to Béla Éger. She died on April 27, 2026 in La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.
- SpouseBéla Éger(? - October 28, 1993) (his death, 3 children)
- Entering higher education as an adult, she studied psychology; earned her bachelor's degree and, in 1978-at the age of 51-her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
- Writer, psychologist, and Holocaust survivor.
- Josef Mengele sent her parents to the gas chamber on the day of their arrival. During her time in the camp, Edith was forced to dance for Josef Mengele several times in order to survive.
- Practiced for decades in La Jolla, California, and taught at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
- Spent her childhood in Kosice (today's Slovakia), where, as a highly talented ballerina and gymnast, she became a member of the Olympic team, only to be later removed due to anti-Jewish laws.
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