THE HELLO GIRLS

Title: THE HELLO GIRLS

Author: Elizabeth Cobbs

Genre: nonfiction

Summary: Story of how America's first women soldiers helped win WWI, earned the vote & fought the army for veteran's recognition. In 1918, the U. S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France. They operated telephone switchboards which provided the only communication between troops under fire and commanders.

Rating: Very good

Why I Like It: A little slow at first, but well worth reading. A lot of interesting background info that I wasn't aware of or had forgotten. Also, amazing to think that 100 years ago at this time Grandpa Dunipace was serving in this situation in France.

Reviewer: Kathy

"All But My Life: A Memoir"

Title:  All But My Life: A Memoir

Author: Gerda Weissmann Klein

Genre:  Memoir

Summary: (from Amazon) All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops--including the man who was to become her husband--in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey.

Rating: Excellent

Why I Like It:  I wasn’t familiar with this much detail information of the Holocaust.  So, it was very interesting, inspiring, informative, sad, heart wrenching, etc.  It made me realize more that we certainly have very little to complain about & so much to be thankful for!

This autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All but My Life (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry. I watched it on YouTube.  Also very good!!

Other:  listened to it on audio

Reviewer:  Patsy