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TSA Contacts Holocaust Survivor After 'Demeaning' Body Search

Updated 2:30 p.m.

A Holocaust survivor who said she was a victim of a demeaning body search by U.S. Transportation Security Administration agents says the agency has reached out to her.

Thank you everybody for caring about me and my stress left from Mengele's experiments. I have been contacted by the TSA to help me and they are working with me to solve this problem. I fly tomorrow to Los Angeles to lecture this problem will be solved-thank you very much! Eva Kor pic.twitter.com/sSwi0XjZfO — Eva Mozes Kor (@EvaMozesKor) March 5, 2018

Eva Mozes Kor tweeted on Monday that the TSA contacted her and are working to resolve future conflicts.

Kor said Sunday she had to undergo the intrusive body search before boarding a plane and that it ruined her experience following a lecture in Albuquerque.

Thank you everybody for caring about me and my stress left from Mengele's experiments. I have been contacted by the TSA to help me and they are working with me to solve this problem. I fly tomorrow to Los Angeles to lecture this problem will be solved-thank you very much! Eva Kor pic.twitter.com/sSwi0XjZfO — Eva Mozes Kor (@EvaMozesKor) March 5, 2018

Kor suffered through inhumane scientific experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp as a 10-year-old.

Transportation Security Administration spokesman Matt Leas confirmed the agency contacted Kor to learn more about her travel experience. He says the agency is committed to treating travelers with dignity and respect.