TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klein,Gerda Weissmann
TI  - All But my Life - A Memoir
SN  - 9780809016532
AV  - DS135.P6 K536 2019
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Hill and Wang
KW  - Klein, Gerda Weissmann,
KW  - Jews
KW  - Poland
KW  - Bielsko-Biala
KW  - Biography
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Conscript labor
KW  - Germany
KW  - Holocaust survivors
KW  - United States
KW  - Bielsko-Biala (Poland)
KW  - Biographies
KW  - fast
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "With a new afterword by the author" -- Title page; "Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"-- Cover
N2  - "All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda  Weissmann Kleins six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops--including the man who was to become her husband--in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey. Gerdas serene and idyllic childhood is shattered when Nazis march into Poland on September 3, 1939. Although the Weissmanns were permitted to live for a while in the basement of their home, they were eventually separated and sent to German labor camps. Over the next few years Gerda experienced the slow, inexorable stripping away of "all but her life." By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions, and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead. Despite her horrifying experiences, Klein conveys great strength of spirit and faith in humanity. In the darkness of the camps, Gerda and her young friends manage to create a community of friendship and love. Although stripped of the essence of life, they were able to survive the barbarity of their captors. Gerdas beautifully written story gives an invaluable message to everyone. It introduces them to last centurys terrible history of devastation and prejudice, yet offers them hope that the effects of hatred can be overcome."--Publishers website
ER  -