Just finished her book. I started it a few hours ago and absolutely could not stop reading until I'd finished. I wept all the way through. Life can be so cruel and so beautiful. I'm so glad she survived to find happiness, and so sad for the countless others who did not.
I read *All But My life* at age 14. When my English teacher asked about the title what did that title mean? My response was because Gerda gave everything but her life. This fits exactly with word tsunami that Gerda used to discribe the nazi evasion of Poland and the removal of everything she considered normal at age 15 until the end of the Volary death march when Kurt Klein discovered the her and other women in the abandoned warehouse.
I look at Holocaust survivors as Warriors. They lived through hell and came out the other side. Then those who are brave enough to tell their stories so people don't forget what hate can do, I pray history doesn't repeat itself . But sadly , in some places, history is repeating itself. PLEASE stop the hate!!!!
My father was an infantryman married my german mother… I have fond memories of my childhood in. Germany… four oof moms brothers were killed in the war, except the fifth uncle Karl… I had no idea til the 1980s that he was in the waffen SS on the east front. He was the kindest but firm uncle any young boy could want… before he died he told me of his experiences through sorrow filled eyes… I am so happy you met your husband…
