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-I was born on May 8,1924.
-I was born in Bielsko,Poland
- I was captured in 1939 and released in 1945
- I moved to America with my husband Kurt and we got married in France.

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This award is given to people who contribute to world peace and the security of the nation.

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This award is given to people who contribute to world peace and the security of the nation.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient - Gerda Weissmann Klein

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Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Jewish Holocaust survivor. When Klein was fifteen, Nazi Germany took over Poland. In 1942, Klein was separated from both her parents, who were separately sent to Auschwitz; she was sent to the Dulag (Durchgangslager, a transit camp) and later was sent to a series of labor camps.

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I was given the option to leave labor camp and to go stay with my friend's parents. I turned down the offer and luckily I did, a few days later all houses were checked and all Jews in houses were sent to Auschwitz.

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The war ended on my 21st birthday, this was anticipated by one of my best friends, who died shortly after the war.

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In the beginning of the war my brother was immediately taken away from me and was put in a labor camp. Shortly after, my father was killed and my mother was separated from me when they divided women into different camps.

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A camp where the weaker and ill people went. They were given no food and this was their last stop before death. It was a very crowded jail.

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A camp where the more fit and healthier people went. They were given a little bit of food and better housing. They were forced to work long and hard hours

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I want this grant in order to make an exhibit in Yad Vashem for all of the family and friends that I lost, and to explain the difference between labor camps and concentration camps. I want to inform people that do not know the difference, because there is a big difference.

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I want this grant in order to make an exhibit in Yad Vashem for all of the family and friends that I lost, and to explain the difference between labor camps and concentration camps. I want to inform people that do not know the difference, because there is a big difference.

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“ I held her hand tightly, and we both fell asleep again. When I woke, it was getting light. Ilse’s hand was cold. Her eyes were half-open. She no longer breathed.”-pg.205

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“ I held her hand tightly, and we both fell asleep again. When I woke, it was getting light. Ilse’s hand was cold. Her eyes were half-open. She no longer breathed.”-pg.205

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“He didn’t want us to see how he was going to be locked up in a cattle car under the whips of the Nazis.”-pg.21

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“He didn’t want us to see how he was going to be locked up in a cattle car under the whips of the Nazis.”-pg.21

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“‘Did they murder you yet?’.Too bad if you too have died--then you would never get this letter from a girl named Erica who has a dead heart. I never saw Erica again.”-pg.70

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“‘Did they murder you yet?’.Too bad if you too have died--then you would never get this letter from a girl named Erica who has a dead heart. I never saw Erica again.”-pg.70

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“They had to dig their own grave and stand on the rim until hail of bullets killed them.”-pg.69

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“They had to dig their own grave and stand on the rim until hail of bullets killed them.”-pg.69