I Kept My Promise
- ISBN-10
- 0968941575
- ISBN-13
- 9780968941577
- Series
- I Kept My Promise
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Gerda Frieberg
Description
Gerda Frieberg was born in Bielschowitz, Upper Silesia in 1925. In October 1939, her father was taken away. In 1940, Gerda, her mother, and sister were deported to the Jaworzno Ghetto. In 1942, she was sent to the Oberaltstadt concentration camp,where her sister was interned. Her mother joined them in 1943. Gerda worked in the machine shop of a spinning mill until liberation on May 9, 1945. After immigrating to Canada, Gerda dedicated herself to Holocaust education, and to a host of human rights causes.
