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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: Gerda's story is one that transcends time. It is beautifully written, poignant, emotional and necessary. Everyone should read this book for it is one that tells the true nature of humanity, the good and the bad.Simply said everyone should read this book and not just because it is about the Holocaust, because it is a story about courage, hope and the resillience of the human spirit.
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Summary: i feel as though i was there with you
Review: when i read it i felt anger that the Germans did that to you and your family i felt sorry for Gerda losing her friends family and i felt happy for her that she found happiness and love out of it all when i read it i felt like i was there i loved your book it was a real eye opener
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Summary: The best book eva
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. Everything about it is wonderful. What a perfect book. Gerda lived through a hardship, and she deserved true love.
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Summary: Be strong, be strong!
Review: These lasts words, Gerda Weissmann hears ring out over the crowd of Jews as they are herded away like cattle to an uncertain end. The person shouting them is her mother who is about to be ripped from her life. The Nazi's have taken everything she holds dear, family, home, friends and now she will fight for all that remains, her life and dignity. This book is a remarkable slice of time and life, written by a true survivor who lived through the times that tried men's souls. As she wades through the atrocities of a Nazi occupation, concentration camps, and a death march amidst freezing temperatures, to be liberated by her one true love, she is true to her mother's request. This is an amazing story that will stay a part of you forever. I am astonished at her strength of spirit and her continued belief in the future. A book doesn't get much better than this. Kelsana 6/19/01
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Summary: we must never forget
Review: Because of books like "All but my Life" the holocaust will not be forgotten. This is an excellent book. Gerda's strength of spirit comes shining through the entire book. How unbelieveable this all is to those of us who were not alive when these unspeakable atrocities were happening. I rate this book right up there with 'Night'. While reading the book, I thought about how unreal it must have seemed to the survivors once they were liberated. A simple thing like a glass of milk must have seemed like a miracle. I hope that generations to come will read this book and NEVER forget.
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Summary: A True Story Of Never-Ending Hope
Review: I read this book for my Best Sellers class my Senior year. Mrs. Klein came to our school and spoke numerous times before I had even heard of this inspirational story. I wish I had been reccommended this book much earlier in my life. Gerda's story has inspired me to never give up hope in what I truly want. Even when things may seem their worst, they always find a way of getting better. Gerda Weissman Klein is such an inspirational writer. The story of her life during the Holocaust was one that I will never be able to forget. I can think of no greater hero than her. I have always been interested in books relating to this topic and time period. I am so thankful I finally found one this moving. What a great job describing your past! This novel will always remain on the top of my favorite book list!
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Summary: Breathtaking!
Review: I cried while reading this book. I cried for the author and the 6 million jews that perished. This book was one of the best books I have ever read! From beginning to end I was riveted by the scary truth the author spoke of. She is an inspiration to humanity not only because of her survival, but because she allowed me to live her horrors some 60 years after they happened. Awesome book, a must read.
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Summary: What an insightful, honest look into the Holocaust camps
Review: We of today's generation are bombarded with historical information that has happened in the past 100 years and they tend to lose their sting ~~ we're not all that interested in what had happened 50 years or so ago. We hear about it too often and become desensitized to it. But Klein's book will sting you with its brutal honesty and descriptions of life in a German camp. But at the same time, she will write of the glimmer of hope that persuades her to keep on living through the darkest hours of her life. She writes of the horror in such a way, that you feel that you are there, marching beside her to a future filled with dread. You are there when she was separated from her parents. You will weep when she realizes that her entire family is gone. And you will revisit the memories of the war during her happiest moments in life. You will fall in love with her husband ~~ the first American on the scene at the camp. You will shudder at the horrors that were visited upon the girls in those camps and the near misses of shootings, bombings and near death experiences. And a lot of us today have no experiences with starvation, disease, being invaded and being tortured simply because of our religious beliefs. We have no idea of how fortunate we are ~~ and Gerda Weissmann Stein reminds us that we are fortunate. We have never gone through anything even remotely close to what she, along with millions of others, have endured. I did promise myself after reading "Schlinder's List" that I was never going to read another book on the Holocaust again ~~ it was just too hard on the heart and soul to read about others' suffering. But when a friend of mine suggested this book, I decided to try it. And I have nothing but words of praise and admiration for Gerda Weissmann Klein. This is a well-written account of her life before WWII, during the war and after the war. She has given me a new appreciation of the life I have now. I cannot imagine going through a life that she has endured simply because she was a Jew. Mrs. Stein puts a human touch on the horrible camp experiences and she tells the story as if you were sitting in the room with her ~~ it's a personal story. One full of hope and courage and despair. It's a story that every one should hear because we shouldn't forget what had happened in Germany/Poland and other countries. We should listen to this story and be reminded of the fact that we all are part of the human race despite our differences. I suggest that everyone should at least pick up this book and keep a box of kleenexes close by. It is one book that will change your whole outlook on the Holocaust. You won't forget it ~~ nor will you forget the courage that Mrs. Stein showed throughout the book. You will be haunted by some of the stories she shares with you ~~ but you won't forget. Not all Jews in the Holocaust are victims, there are survivors too. And Mrs. Stein is one who I call a survivor ~~ she doesn't let bitterness taint her story. She tells it as it is and shares her lessons on life along the way. It is an unforgettable book that I think belongs in every library.
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Summary: the best!!
Review: i first read this book seventeen years ago in junior high school, for english class. (my teacher was friends with Mrs. Klein) this book taught me so much about the holocaust, and now whenever i think about the war, i think of this story. this is the only book that has really stayed with me, and will always remember. Mrs. Klein is a true hero!
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Summary: A very touching personal experience
Review: Gerda Weissman Klein describes her experiences with the Nazis in Europe beginning with her experiences in her hometown where she is forced to live in the basement of her Polish home, to moving to a ghetto, to the concentration camps, and finally to the end of the war. I think the part of the novel that touched me the most was her never ending hope and optimism. She describes how she has the opportunity to commit suicide and give up on life, how she could just escape the horrors and end her life but she continues with the idea of meeting her parents or of having a baby of her own someday. I hope I haven't spoiled too much of the book! It was just an overall EXCELLENT book. It was very touching and inspirational - the overall triumph of life and happiness. It will bring you tears of sadness and also to tears of happiness - but it is nevertheless a very emotional book.
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