Gerda Weissmann Klein
Writer, Author
1924 –
Who is Gerda Weissmann Klein?
Gerda Weissmann is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All but My Life, was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry. She married to Kurt Kleinin 1946.The Kleins became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights, dedicating most of their lives to promoting tolerance and community service. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Gerda Weissmann Klein also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization that champions the value and responsibilities of American citizenship. She has served on the governing board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which features her testimony in a permanent exhibit. On February 15, 2011, Klein was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2013 she published a children's adventure story called The Windsor Caper, which had remained hidden away since the 1980s, when it was a weekly serial in The Buffalo News.
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- Born
- May 8, 1924
Bielsko - Also known as
- Gerda Weissmann
- Spouses
- Kurt Klein
(1945/09 - )
- Kurt Klein
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- Poland
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Cieszyn Silesia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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