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All But My Life: A Memoir

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I read this book very recently as part of my school system's summer reading program. I had expected it to be an intriguing and saddening story about a girl's experiences in the Holocaust, but I did not expect it to be so moving, inspirational, and relateable true story. This book opened myself, and my friends to what these women must have felt. The fact that Gerda was our age at the time of her captivity and was going through the exact same experiences that we were help us to understand what was going on and how she must have felt about personal problems and boys, and basically everything that teenage girls still go through. We realized how truly lucky we were to live our lives free and have all of our friends to go to when we need help, and not have to worry where and if we are having our next meal. I recommend this book to anyone, any age, and sex, any race. Although she is a teenage girl, anyone can profit from this book.

I could not put this book down. I was sorry when I finished reading it because I could have gone on forever with reading it.
The things that Gerda Weissman Klein suffered, her deep thoughts, her gratefulness now for the small things that we take for granted such as a loaf of bread, an apple, clean sheets--all of these things made me realize how very grateful I am for just the plain things in my life.
I feel so much and so sorry for what she had to go through, for the losses that she incurred. As a Jewish person myself, I identify with her and her story moved me to tears.
I was horrified to read of the cold and calculating cruelty to which Gerda and her family and the Jewish people had to suffer, and to learn of the unbelievable cruel manner in which this systematic cold torture and cruelty was carried out.
I recommend this book so highly. No one who reads it will be able to forget this deeply moving story.

All I can say, is I could not hardly put this brilliantly written Holocaust Survivor book down.It is so fascinating, once again to see how she survived by her wits alone, at times. What a smart girl...takes you from girlhood to a few years later, then a brief synopsis of her present life.
I would highly recommend this book. She had to wear wooden shoes, too small for her, and tie rags onto her feet, starved, smacked around, beat up as well a time or two.I just simply loved this book, or I wouldnt have taken the time to recomment it to you all.Thank you , and have a great day shpping at the most wonderful place, Amazon.com!

It may have been serendipity that the author survived the German labor camps. This book, however, is about more than serendipity--it's about character, and the ability of a survivor to heal and find beauty, purpose and love in the aftermath of great personal tragedy.

I find the strength of Gerda Weissmann to be truly inspirational. This is a wonderful book that tells the real life story of a young Jewish girl who survives the Holocaust. I am a 7th grade social studies teacher and I use this book with my students. After reading this book I feel that Gerda is an absolute hero. I have since learned that she has devoted her life to helping others through speaking about her experiences, helping to feed the hungry, and speaking with others who have survived tradegy. In a society where we put people on pillars and give them popularity and monetary success for much, much, much less, Gerda is a true hero who deserves all peoples attention and gratutity.

This is an excellent book! Should be required reading for anyone studying the Holocaust. It is a miracle that this woman was able to live though the horrible conditions imposed on her by Nazi Germany!
Read it! You will not be disappointed!

I read this book as a 7th grader because my sister said it was good but that was an understatement! This is the best book I have ever read in my whole life! I would really recomened this book!

Lately, I came a cross a book on the same subject, in which the author took the liberty to adjust some facts to meet their own agendas. In this book, at times, it will be very obvious that the written words were simply the author's imagination. In other words the author deviated from the truth . However, this book, as far as her description on the German's working camp is 100% true. How do I know? My mother was there, and she told me the VERY same stories.

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!

good book at about the holocaust and how the girls had to work for death and only a lucky few make it out alive