By The Foundation for a Better Life In 1944, at the peak of Nazi rule in Eastern Europe, 22-year-old George Berci was one of millions of Jews enslaved in labor camps. As Berci dug trenches in the frigid Hungarian mountains, he knew that his shovel made him useful to the Nazis and saved his life. With Jews forbidden to study medicine under Nazi rule, Berci had trained as an apprentice mechanical engineer rather than pursue his passion and become a doctor. When the war ended, though, he returned to his hometown in Hungary and began his medical training. The horrors of the war had left George more resolute to alleviate suffering in the world. But the opposition was still present in Hungary in the form of communism, and Berci was the target of political attacks. He took a position as a surgeon at a hospital in Budapest, where he hoped he could be free enough to put all his effort into his career and pursue his ambitions as an innovator in medicine.…