The girls marched for months across Germany with no knowledge of where they may end up by the end of it. There were questions about where they might be headed, like Auschwitz. They thought to themselves that this might be the end for them.…

In May of 1944, Gerda and several other girls from Landeshut were onboard the train headed for their new destination of Grünberg. Before arriving at their new destination north of Landeshut, Gerda had to change trains in another city. She describes…

There was no exact record detailing when Gerda was taken out of the horrendous work camp of Merzdorf and transported by truck to Landeshut. Gerda and ten other girls boarded the trucks, which drove up the mountains to their new work camp, Landeshut.…

In August of 1943, Gerda and some of the other girls at Bolkenhain were loaded into trucks to travel to their new destination of Merzdorf (in All But my Life, Gerda refers to the camp as Märzdorf). (Klein, 144) Gerda describes seeing the camp for…

In July 1942, Gerda was put on a train leaving the transit camp, Sosnowitz-Dulag, Poland, for an unknown place with no known expectations of what was to come. As the hours passed the train finally came to a stop at the train station in Bolkenhain,…

In June of 1942, everything that Gerda had known or come to love about Bielsko, Polond was gone. A couple of days before Gerda’s departure from Bielsko, her father was taken away by train to a new destination. Then Gerda and her mother left the…

On April 19, 1942, Gerda’s family received orders that they would have to prepare to move to a small ghetto that was located in a remote part of the town next to the railroad terminal. (Klein, 72) Gerda and her family were able to take a small…

Gerda’s father had suffered a mild heart attack which put him on bed rest for quite sometime to follow. (Klein, 4). Gerda’s family was dealing with the issue of her father’s heart attack, but the real concern was coming from the political tension…