The city of Vienna will honor Ruth Kluger, professor emerita of German at UC Irvine and a Holocaust survivor, by reprinting and distributing 100,000 copies of her memoir as part of the Einestadteinbuch (A city, a book) festival Nov. 24. Kluger’s autobiography, Weiterleben.Eine Jugend, was a best seller in Germany and details her childhood in a series of concentration camps. Her English language memoir, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered, is based on Weiterleben.Eine Jugend. During the festival, Kluger will be honored at a gala celebration and reception hosted by the mayor of Vienna.
Vienna honors Holocaust survivor Ruth Kluger
The city of Vienna will honor Ruth Kluger, professor emerita of German at UC Irvine and a Holocaust survivor, by…
August 13, 2008