Gerda Weissman, who in spite of having her entire family and all friends killed during the Holocaust, refused to give up. Born in Poland to a Jewish family and just 15 years old when the tragedy began to unfold, Gerda experienced war from its first bullet fired to its last. Her extraordinary story, the invasion of her homeland, the loss of a cherished brother, life in a slave labor camp, and the prodding desire to quit, to fall into the arms of Death, was just the beginning. Her story—the loss of family, an effort to replace them with friends and a faint reconciliation that shows the power of healing—is a tribute to the millions whose stories cannot be told.