Gerda Weissmann Klein

Gerda Weissmann Klein  (born  Gerda Weissmann, May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-American writer, Holocaust survivor, and human rights activist. She was known for her autobiography All but My Life (1957) and it was made into a 1995 short movie, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award.Personal Histories: Gerda Weissmann Klein and Kurt Klein , United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2013-06-15.

On February 15, 2011, Klein was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Klein died on April 3, 2022, at the age of 97.

References

Other websites
 Citizenship Counts official site
 Gerda Weissmann and Kurt Klein Papers 1940s–2011 (bulk 1940s-2001). ASU Libraries, Arizona State University.

Category:1924 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Polish writers
Category:American autobiographers
Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
Category:American human rights activists
Category:Holocaust survivors