Gerda and Kurt Klein settled in Kenmore, New York and had three children and eight grandchildren. She became involved with several local and national charities and spoke about her experiences during the war.
The story of Gerda and Kurt's meeting and life together has been featured on Oprah, 60 Minutes, and CBS Sunday Morning. A book of their letters, The Hours After, a collection of correspondence between Gerda and Kurt Klein following the war, was published in 2011.
The documentary, One Survivor Remembers, (1995) based on Gerda Klein's autobiography, All But My Life, produced and directed by Kary Antholis, and distributed by HBO Films, won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Weissmann Klein has published several memoirs and children's stories, includingThe Windsor Caper (2013), a weekly serial in The Buffalo News during the 1980s, about two American girls who have a night-time adventure in Windsor Castle, England. Weissmann Klein describes it as her only work that is "not rooted in pain".
I saw this woman speak in Moose Pass, Alaska several years ago. The room was just packed and everyone sat with rapt attention. She spoke about how her father told her to wear her ski boots and she didn’t want to because they were uncomfortable, but they basically ended up saving her life because of the lengths and weather in which she was forced to march. She spoke with such vivid imagery it was like we were all there with her. She was absolutely mesmerizing. I couldn’t remember her name of my own free will so thank you so much for posting this!! It clicked right away as soon as I saw her name!
CommonSchemeForYou on June 2nd, 2021 at 04:36 UTC »
Life after the War
Gerda and Kurt Klein settled in Kenmore, New York and had three children and eight grandchildren. She became involved with several local and national charities and spoke about her experiences during the war.
The story of Gerda and Kurt's meeting and life together has been featured on Oprah, 60 Minutes, and CBS Sunday Morning. A book of their letters, The Hours After, a collection of correspondence between Gerda and Kurt Klein following the war, was published in 2011.
The documentary, One Survivor Remembers, (1995) based on Gerda Klein's autobiography, All But My Life, produced and directed by Kary Antholis, and distributed by HBO Films, won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Weissmann Klein has published several memoirs and children's stories, includingThe Windsor Caper (2013), a weekly serial in The Buffalo News during the 1980s, about two American girls who have a night-time adventure in Windsor Castle, England. Weissmann Klein describes it as her only work that is "not rooted in pain".
Picture of Gerda Weissmann Klein in 2011
LugerOfHans on June 2nd, 2021 at 06:24 UTC »
A wonderful book written by her…very sad throughout and heartbreaking, but beautiful especially in the end
Alaskagirlskickass on June 2nd, 2021 at 09:18 UTC »
I saw this woman speak in Moose Pass, Alaska several years ago. The room was just packed and everyone sat with rapt attention. She spoke about how her father told her to wear her ski boots and she didn’t want to because they were uncomfortable, but they basically ended up saving her life because of the lengths and weather in which she was forced to march. She spoke with such vivid imagery it was like we were all there with her. She was absolutely mesmerizing. I couldn’t remember her name of my own free will so thank you so much for posting this!! It clicked right away as soon as I saw her name!