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BSB8728 t1_j1defq9 wrote

Reply to comment by ImplicitEmpiricism in Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515

At the time of her rescue, she felt less than human, having been taught by the Nazis that Jews were vermin. She was emaciated and filthy and covered in lice when Kurt Klein held out his hand to help her into his Jeep, treating her like a lady. She thought she had to be honest with him, so she said, "I am a Jew."

He said, "So am I."

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mcivey t1_j1eh5c6 wrote

Idk if that’s a direct quote from her, but if that is what she said that is both heartbreaking yet beautiful

EDIT: something with autocorrect made it confusing. The sentence should make sense now

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BSB8728 t1_j1f9iv7 wrote

That's what she wrote in her first memoir, All But My Life.

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