{"id":611,"date":"2009-09-23T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keeneweb.org\/newsline\/?p=611"},"modified":"2011-05-20T20:09:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:09:13","slug":"gerda-weissmann-klein-inspires-keene-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2009\/09\/23\/gerda-weissmann-klein-inspires-keene-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerda Weissmann Klein Inspires Keene Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gerda Weissmann Klein (Mark Corliss photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gerda Weissmann Klein<\/a>, Holocaust survivor; author of All But My Life<\/em> (her autobiography), The Hours After<\/em>, and Promise of a New Spring: the Holocaust and Renewal<\/em> (a children’s book); and subject of the 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary, One Survivor Remembers<\/em> (watch her acceptance speech<\/a>), packed the Mabel Brown Room with a standing-room-only crowd on Monday night, Sept. 21, when she delivered this year\u2019s Holocaust Memorial Lecture. Her powerful and inspiring story stirred her audience, which included KSC students, faculty, and staff; members of the local community; and students and their teachers from several area middle and high schools.<\/p>\n

Though Mrs. Klein grew tired after speaking for over an hour, she displayed a remarkable graciousness as she praised teachers for the hope and leadership they provide for the future signed books carried by a long line of people, including many young students.<\/p>\n

Have you seen Gerda Weissmann Klein? Use the “comments” link below to tell us your impressions of her moving story.<\/p>\n

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Gerda Weissmann Klein speaks to a standing-room-only crowd in the Mable Brown Room. (Tom White photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor; author of All But My Life (her autobiography), The Hours After, and Promise of a New Spring: the Holocaust and Renewal (a children’s book); and subject of the 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary, One Survivor Remembers (watch her acceptance speech), packed the Mabel Brown Room with a standing-room-only crowd on Monday … Continue reading Gerda Weissmann Klein Inspires Keene Community<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2556,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/2556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}