All posts by Gene Klein

Gene Klein is a Holocaust Survivor who writes with his daughter, Jill Klein, who is author of We Got the Water: Tracing my Family’s Path through Auschwitz.

Please Remember the Holocaust – by Gene Klein (with Jill Klein)

It has been 70 years since I was liberated from a Nazi concentration camp. I was just a teenager then; I’m 87 now. Holocaust Remembrance Day is April 15th, and I have been thinking about what I want you and your loved ones to remember about the Holocaust. I speak frequently about my experiences, and I am able to remind people about what happened, provide them with vivid descriptions, and answer their questions. But I am among the last of the survivors, and one day—sooner than I would like to think—we will all be gone.

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