Gerda Weissmann Klein
Gerda Weissmann Klein was born on May 8, 1924.
When the war started, Gerda’s brother was
forced into labor for the army. When they got word that Jew concentration camps
were opening they moved to their basement to try and hide. In June of 1942, the
family was found and split up. After being split up from her parents, Gerda was
shipped to a slave labor factory that produced fabric for the German military.
She was able to make good friends through out her time of suffering as she was getting transported. When the
girls made it to the factory they were supervised by a German woman, which was
said to have been evil. However, Gerda was very grateful, because when she was sick, the German woman told her that it was life or death when the inspector
came in that day. The woman tied Gerda’s boots and was able to continue her
work when the inspectors came in.
When the train came to get the girls after
being in the camp for three years, Gerda remembered a family committing suicide
together and Gerda wanted to do that because she knew it was going to get bad. But,
she promised her father that she’d never do such a thing. Her father grabbed
her neck and made her promise that she would never do that because
committing suicide was for cowards.
After getting off the train, the girls including
Gerda were free to go in the freshly fallen snow. While they were wondering,
so many girls were killed including her best friend. Walking around, a man was
driving by and spotted Gerda. This was the very same man that ended up saving
all the girls that had made it to the building. The man and Gerda ended up marring
later. They were able to move to the United States, which is where they are
currently live with their own family.
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