All But My Life
Title | All But My Life PDF eBook |
Author | Gerda Weissmann Klein |
Publisher | Hill and Wang |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 1995-03-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1466812427 |
All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops--including the man who was to become her husband--in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey. Gerda's serene and idyllic childhood is shattered when Nazis march into Poland on September 3, 1939. Although the Weissmanns were permitted to live for a while in the basement of their home, they were eventually separated and sent to German labor camps. Over the next few years Gerda experienced the slow, inexorable stripping away of "all but her life." By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions, and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead. Despite her horrifying experiences, Klein conveys great strength of spirit and faith in humanity. In the darkness of the camps, Gerda and her young friends manage to create a community of friendship and love. Although stripped of the essence of life, they were able to survive the barbarity of their captors. Gerda's beautifully written story gives an invaluable message to everyone. It introduces them to last century's terrible history of devastation and prejudice, yet offers them hope that the effects of hatred can be overcome.
The Hours After
Title | The Hours After PDF eBook |
Author | Gerda Weissmann Klein |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | 303 |
Release | 2000-02-19 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0312273509 |
The love letters of Gerda and Kurt Klein, revealing one of the greatest love stories ever told. Over fifty years ago, Gerda Weissmann was barely alive at the end of a 350-mile death march that took her from a slave labor camp in Germany to the Czech border. On May 7, 1945, the American military stormed the area, and the first soldier to approach Gerda was Kurt Klein. She guided him to her fellow prisoners who lay sick and dying on the ground, and quoted Goethe: "Noble be man, merciful and good." Perhaps it was her irony, her composure, her evident compassion in the face of tragedy, that struck Kurt Klein. A great love had begun. Forced to separate just weeks after liberation and hours after their engagement, Gerda and Kurt began a correspondence that lasted until their reunion and wedding in Paris a year later. Their poignant letters reflect upon the horrors of war and genocide, but above all, upon the rapture and salvation of true love.
The Blue Rose
Title | The Blue Rose PDF eBook |
Author | Gerda Weissmann Klein |
Publisher | Lawrence Hill Books |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN |
Brief text and black and white photographs explain how Jenny is different from other girls and why she needs more love and understanding.
World War II
Title | World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Evan Mawdsley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 411 |
Release | 2020-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108496091 |
The World in 1937 -- Japan and China, 1937-1940 -- Hitler's Border Wars, 1938-1939 -- Germany Re-fights World War I, 1939 fights World War I,1939-1940 -- Wars of Ideology, 1941-1942 -- The Red Army versus the Wehrmacht, 1942-1944 -- Japan's Lunge for Empire, 1941-1942 -- Defending the Perimeter: Japan, 1942-1944 -- The 'World Ocean' and Allied Victory, 1939-1945 -- The European Periphery, 1940-1944 -- Wearing down Germany, 1942-1944 -- Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 -- End and Beginning in Asia, 1945 -- Conclusion.
All My Life
Title | All My Life PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Lucci |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 387 |
Release | 2011-09-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0062061852 |
When Susan Lucci and All My Children were introduced to the world in 1970, American television changed forever. Susan’s character, the beautiful, spirited, and mercurial Erica Kane, was an original—the first vixen viewers loved to hate. But while millions have enjoyed getting to know Erica’s many sides, the woman who played her has remained a mystery. In her long-awaited memoir, this very private actress, wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, friend, and entrepreneur pulls back the curtain to reveal her story. As charming, down-to-earth, and compelling as the woman whose story it tells, All My Life shines a spotlight on one of our most popular stars and reminds us of the power of dreams and how we can find the courage and tenacity to make them come true. This edition contains a new chapter about the landmark final season of All My Children.
A Stolen Life
Title | A Stolen Life PDF eBook |
Author | Jaycee Dugard |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 293 |
Release | 2012-07-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1451629192 |
A revelatory memoir about a young woman whose life was stolen when she was kidnapped in 1991 and remained an object of captivity for 18 years.
Promise of a New Spring
Title | Promise of a New Spring PDF eBook |
Author | Gerda Weissmann Klein |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
ISBN | 9780940646506 |
Describes the events of the Jewish Holocaust, comparing it to a forest fire that destroys all forms on life. The survivors are the promise of renewal.