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_bK536 2019
100 1 _aKlein, Gerda Weissmann,
_d1924-
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245 1 0 _aAll But my Life - A Memoir
_cby Gerda Weissman Klein.
250 _A new, expanded ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHill and Wang,
_c[2019]
300 _a289 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _a"With a new afterword by the author" -- Title page.
500 _a"Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"-- Cover.
520 _a"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.
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650 0 _aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
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650 0 _aHolocaust survivors
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651 0 _aBielsko-Biala (Poland)
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