Polish-American writer and human rights activist, Holocaust survivor. On the eve of her 21st birthday, in May of 1945, she was liberated by forces of the United States Army in Volary, Czechoslovakia. Lieutenant Kurt Klein, who would later become her husband, was among the liberating forces. He was Jewish-born, born in Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1937, as a teenager, to avoid Nazi persecution. His parents were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. They were married in September of 1946 in Paris, France.
Weissmann-Klein's autobiography, titled "All But My Life" was published in 1957 and was adapted for the short film "One Survivor Remembers (1995)." The film received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry.
She and her husband became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights. Gerda, a naturalized U.S. citizen, also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization and has served on the governing board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Her testimony as a survivor is on public display there.
She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, by President Barack Obama on February 18th, 2011.
Weissmann-Klein's autobiography, titled "All But My Life" was published in 1957 and was adapted for the short film "One Survivor Remembers (1995)." The film received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry.
She and her husband became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights. Gerda, a naturalized U.S. citizen, also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization and has served on the governing board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Her testimony as a survivor is on public display there.
She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, by President Barack Obama on February 18th, 2011.
Polish-American writer and human rights activist, Holocaust survivor. On the eve of her 21st birthday, in May of 1945, she was liberated by forces of the United States Army in Volary, Czechoslovakia. Lieutenant Kurt Klein, who would later become her husband, was among the liberating forces. He was Jewish-born, born in Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1937, as a teenager, to avoid Nazi persecution. His parents were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. They were married in September of 1946 in Paris, France.
Weissmann-Klein's autobiography, titled "All But My Life" was published in 1957 and was adapted for the short film "One Survivor Remembers (1995)." The film received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry.
She and her husband became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights. Gerda, a naturalized U.S. citizen, also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization and has served on the governing board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Her testimony as a survivor is on public display there.
She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, by President Barack Obama on February 18th, 2011.
Weissmann-Klein's autobiography, titled "All But My Life" was published in 1957 and was adapted for the short film "One Survivor Remembers (1995)." The film received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry.
She and her husband became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights. Gerda, a naturalized U.S. citizen, also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization and has served on the governing board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Her testimony as a survivor is on public display there.
She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, by President Barack Obama on February 18th, 2011.
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