The Hours After Letters of Love and Longing in War's Aftermath

Gerda Weissmann Klein and Kurt Klein

ISBN 10: 0312263384 / ISBN 13: 9780312263386

Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Both authors wrote inscriptions on the half-title page to no-one in particular. This is a stated "First St. Martin's Griffin Edition: January 2001" with a complete number line 10-1. This a First Edition thus as the hard cover version of this book was published in 2000. The covers of this volume are clean and bright and the spine is not creased. There is, however, a previous owner s address label affixed the inside of the front cover. This 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inch book has 276 pages, and the pages with black-and-white images are not included in the total page count.Please look at the images provided carefully, and ask questions about this item prior to making a purchase, thank you. Seller Inventory # SpSi1084

Synopsis:

Over fifty years ago, Gerda Weissmann was barely alive at the end of a 350 - mile death march which took her from a slave labour camp in Germany to the Czech border. On May 7, 1945, the American military stormed the area and the first soldier to approach Gerda was Kurt Klein. Written immediately after the war, when they were forced to seperate, their letters intimately chronicle their powerful love, from the time they first saw each other, when Gerda was near death in a concentration camp and Kurt, a German-born American soldier, arrived as one of the camp's liberators, to their marriage in Paris a year later.

About the Author:

Gerda Weissman Klein and Kurt Klein lecture frequently and have written extensively about their experiences during the Holocaust. Gerda Weissman Klien is the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary One Survivor Remembers. Kurt Klein's story was featured in the PBS series American and the Holocaust. The Kleins have been married for more than fifty years and live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Hours After Letters of Love and Longing ...
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition