Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival

Oct 5, 2009

Brandeis National Committee | Greater Boston

Clara Kramer talked about her book Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival (Ecco; April 21, 2009). In the book she recalls her twenty months in a hidden bunker in the basement of a German family's home in Nazi-occupied Poland. The family of the Kramer's housekeeper took in eighteen Jews after hearing of Jewish families being taken to the .. Read More
Clara Kramer talked about her book Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival (Ecco; April 21, 2009). In the book she recalls her twenty months in a hidden bunker in the basement of a German family's home in Nazi-occupied Poland. The family of the Kramer's housekeeper took in eighteen Jews after hearing of Jewish families being taken to the woods to be killed. Ms. Kramer, who was 15 at the time, kept a diary of her experience. Clara Kramer talked with her co-author Stephen Glantz and read passages from the book. They responded to questions from members of the audience. This event was part of the annual Book and Author Luncheon of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee, held at the Marriott in Newton, Massachusetts. Clara Kramer is a co-founder of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University. Stephen Glantz is a filmmaker who is developing a series of films based on children's diaries from the Holocaust, World War II, and modern countries where children are affected by war and genocide.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:44 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING. I THANK THE NATIONAL BOOK COMMITTEE FOR HOSTING US. I WOULD...
00:05:22 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS A DIFFICULT SUBTLE BUT I HAD BEEN TO HEBREW SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE MORNING I WENT...
00:08:07 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL GET TO THAT. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
00:08:11 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE TOOK A TRIP TO HURT TOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTERESTS ME NOW IS...
00:09:53 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS A FAMILY OF THREE, MR. AND MRS. BACK AND THE DAUGHTER, ALEXANDER. WHEN WE WENT TO THE BUNKER...
00:12:33 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE AT THE 11 FAMILIES HETANYA TUCKER FAMILIES HE WAS MARRIED TO JULIA TANYA...
00:14:43 Unidentified Speaker THE ONLY WAY TO STRETCH OUT. YOU COULDN'T STRETCH OUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DIG THAT DEEP WITHOUT DAMAGING...
00:16:30 Unidentified Speaker WHAT HAPPENED TO CLARA'S SISTER, THERE ARE MANY STRANGE COINCIDENCES IN THE BOOK. ONE OF THEM IS THAT...
00:18:22 Unidentified Speaker MY FATHER SAID HIS MOTHER DIED 40 YEARS AGO IN A FIRE AND MY FATHER WAS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD. THAT IS...
00:18:54 Unidentified Speaker WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON, MR. BECK FELT THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE THERE WAS NO SUSPICION THAT HE WAS HARBORING...
00:21:22 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. MY MOTHER'S YOUNGEST SISTER DIED IN THE WAR. SHE HAD TWO CHILDREN, HE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS,...
00:25:37 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS THE FIRST YOUNG TO POUR AFTER THE CHILDREN COME TO THE BUNKER.
00:25:49 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD TO -- PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARENTS CAN BE IN THE SAME ROOM. WE WENT TO THAT HOLE WHERE...
00:26:16 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLD THIS?
00:26:19 Unidentified Speaker IT IS HARD FOR ME TO PAY ATTENTION. I WAS FILLED WITH DREAD AT THE THOUGHT OF THE UPCOMING PEACE ...
00:29:33 Unidentified Speaker SO THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED. THEY GOT CLARA AND HER FAMILY WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE....
00:29:51 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE -- SOSHA DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE BUNKER AND THE FEW SURVIVORS MET AND KISSED,...
00:31:18 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO TELL BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS. WHEN WE WENT TO WARSAW WE MET THE SURVIVORS...
00:34:13 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WERE YOUR FEELINGS WHEN YOU WENT BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL POLISH TOWN?
00:34:19 Unidentified Speaker I WAS ASKED TO REPEAT THEM. WHAT WERE YOU FEELINGS WHEN YOU WENT BACK TO YOUR TOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME?...
00:34:27 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I MET WITH HIM?
00:34:28 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU WENT BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME?
00:34:32 Unidentified Speaker FOR THE FIRST TIME? THE BUNKER HAPPENS TO BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I USED TO LIVE. I WENT...
00:36:30 Unidentified Speaker GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
00:36:34 Unidentified Speaker I AM RUTH'S AND THERE.
00:36:37 Unidentified Speaker SHE IS TRUTHS AND THERE.
00:36:40 Unidentified Speaker AND AN OLD FRIEND OF CLARA'S. SOMETHING ON MY MIND FOR MANY YEARS THAT I NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO ASK...
00:37:32 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES ONE DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF FAITH IN GOD AFTER GOING THROUGH SOMETHING...
00:37:45 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOT YOU HAVE NOTHING. WE SURVIVE AS A PEOPLE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BOOK, ONLY BECAUSE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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