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All But My Life

By: Gerda Weissmann Klein
Narrated by: Grace Conlin
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 A classic of Holocaust literature, Gerda Weissmann Klein's celebrated memoir tells the moving story of a young woman's 3 frightful years as a slave laborer of the Nazis and her miraculous liberation. All But My Life stands as the ultimate lesson in humanity, hope, and friendship. Klein's memoir is the basis for the HBO Academy Award-winning best documentary short, One Survivor Remembers.©1995 by Gerda Weissmann Klein (P)1997 by Blackstone Audiobooks 20th Century Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Historical Military Modern Women

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"Soul-searching and human...A moving personal testament to courage." (The New York Times)
"...as sensitive and 'disturbing' a story as The Diary of Anne Frank." (Library Journal)
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A profound, disturbing, confronting, beautifully written & read description of the experience of one girl’s life as a Jew in Europe during World War 2.
The hostility & extreme brutality experienced by the author & other innocent, vulnerable Jewish girls is incomprehensible.
The barbarism of the would be conquerors sends a message to us all of what our fellow humans are capable of when following extremist ideologies.

Lest We Forget

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Listening while working at home, I have listened to many chapters over and over because I didn't want to miss a thing!
Gerda has written this personal and historic account so beautifully that hours go by and I hardly notice. The narrator is so perfectly tuned in...Well done Grace Conlin your reading of Gerdas astonishing discrace of humanities dirty, filthy behaviour in their treatment of these unfortunate people, moved me to heartwrenching tears, many times over.
On the other hand, the love and loyalty and strength the girls gave each other was humbling in the face of their daily, hourly, struggles.
Every school should have this book in their curriculum. Every human should know this story...I am so sorry this happened and acknowledge the Jewish Community for your loss and horrific treatment...no words can convey the enormity of my despair for your experience. I am deeply humbled by Gerdas strength of character. All my love, Jeannie

A MUST Read!

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Thank you Gerda, for sharing your story. I found it moving and tragic. I feel so grateful to Gerda for sharing it.

A very personal and moving story.

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