EVENING ON WTHR.COM AND ON
SUNRISE RISE AT FOUR.
TONIGHT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
ARE REMEMBERING EVA CORE, SHE
SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AND THEN
MADE IT HER LIFE'S MISSION TO
SPREAD AWARENESS.
SHE DIED TODAY WITH HER SON AND
CLOSE FRIENDS AT HER SIDE.
IN POLAND WHERE SHE WAS HELD IN
A CONCENTRATION CAMP WITH HER
TWIN SISTER.
A FRIEND RETURNING HOME JUST
LAST SATURDAY CALLING IT A ONCE
IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
HER.
I TOLD EVA TO COMPLETELY LIFE
STUDIES IN HOLOCAUST.
TO PUT CONCRETENESS TO IT.
BUT HONESTLY, HE HAD ME IN TEARS
MULTIPLE TIMES WITH HER MESSAGE
OF FORGIVENESS.
>> SHE WAS 85 YEARS OLD.
BUT HER MEMORY IS LIVING ON WITH
THE PEOPLE'S WHOSE LIVES SHE'S
CHANGED FOREVER.
WE'RE TALKING TO A WOMAN WHO
FILLED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER
LIFE.
>> EVA CORE KNOWN FOR HER
MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS.
WHO COULD FORGIVE THE NAZIS, EVA
CORE DID.
>> EVA WAS ALWAYS THERE.
I COULD CALM HER, I CAN STILT
HEAR HER LITTLE VOICE JUST
TELLING ME EXACTLY HOW IT IS AND
HOW IT SHOULD BE.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TELLING ME
I'M GOING TO BE OKAY.
THE TEARS ARE FOR A WOMAN WHO
SHE SAID CHANGED HER LIFE NINE
YEARS AGO WHEN THEY MET.
AT THE TIME MICHAEL WAS A NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHER IN TERRE HAUTE
WHERE SHE LIVED.
>> I WAS ASKED TO TRAVEL TO
POLAND TO FILM EVA FOR A NINE
PART MINISERIES FOR SWEEPS.
>> SHE LOST HER ENTIRE FAMILY
EXCEPT FOR HER TWIN SISTER
CHANGED MICAHS LIFE.
>> SHE PUT THING IN PERSPECTIVE
TO ME.
>> SIX YEARS LATER, SHE WENT
BACK TO UNIVERSITY TUITTS.
WE TRAVELED 90,000 MILES WITH
HER.
BE WENT THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
>> THE DOCUMENTARY, EVA A - 703
RE-MERED LAST APRIL.
>> SHE TRUSTED US.
I'M THANKFUL SHE DID.
>> OVER THE COURSE, THEY WEPT
BACK TO AUSTRIA SIX TIMES.
>> THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS THE MOST
ALIVE.
THEY FELT PIECE AND JOY AND FELT
CLOSER TO HER FAMILY IN SUCK
SUCH AWAY.
>> I THINK SHE WOULD ALMOST
SMILE ABOUT THAT IN A WAY
BECAUSE SHE WAS SO PROUD TO BE
AN AMERICAN AND FROM INDIANA.
>> RIGHT BEFORE EVA LEFT ON WHAT
WOULD TURN OUT TO BE HER FINAL
TRIP TO POLAND.
>> SHE ENDED EVERY CONVERSATION
WITH I LOVE YOU.
>> EVEN THOUGH SHE'S DRIVING.
THAT WON'T STOP MICAH TO SHARE
THE SAME MESSAGE OF LOVE AND
FORGIVENESS.
>> SHE THOUGHT ME WHAT MATTERS
IN THE WORLD.
SHE WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
SHE STARTED TO HOLOCAUST NURSE
MUSE CALLED CANDLES IN TERRE
HAUTE.
SHE DIED FROM AN UPPER
RESPIRATORY INFECTION ON THE
MOST PATRIOTIC DAY OF THE YEAR.
>> THE IRONY WOULD NOT BE LOST
ON EVA.
SHE WOULD PROBABLY FIND A LOT
HUMOR IN THAT.
SHE LOVED THE 4TH OF JULY.
WHEN TALKED ABOUT WHEN AN