Kurt klein gerda weissmann biography
Kurt klein gerda weissmann biography.
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Gerda Weissmann Klein
Concentration camp survivor (1924–2022)
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| Born | Gerda Weissmann (1924-05-08)May 8, 1924 Bielsko, Poland |
| Died | April 3, 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 97) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, human rights activist |
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| Spouse | Kurt Klein (m. 1946; died 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
Gerda Weissmann Klein (May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist.
Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All But My Life (1957), 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 Kurt Klein (1920–2002) in 1946.
The Kleins became advocates of Holocaust educati