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Currently, Gerda Weissman Klein is 99 years, 11 months and 10 days old. Gerda Weissman Klein will celebrate 100rd birthday on a Wednesday 8th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Gerda Weissman Klein upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Gerda Weissman Klein |
Occupation | |
Age | 99 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 8, 1924 (Poland) |
Birthday | May 8 |
Town/City | Poland |
Nationality | Poland |
Gerda Weissman Kleinโs zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Gerda Weissman Klein was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Holocaust survivor who became an inspiring speaker and human rights Activist, writing the best-selling autobiography All But My Life.
After the Nazis took over Poland, her brother was officially summoned to join the German military. Her parents were sent away to concentration camps.
After the war, she told her story to numerous media outlets and was the honored speaker in international events, always focusing on perseverance to get through the darkest of times.
She married Kurt Klein, a U.S. Army officer who liberated her in 1945. She said it was love at first sight, and the two wrote their own love story after the war.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama, and also met with world Leaders including Israeli PM Golda Meir.