-"My relationship with Cissi Klein spans several years and many reports that I have written about her and Jewish Trondheim in my own newspaper, Adresseavisen. Cissi's life has been served up in fragments, but I have always felt that I have been indebted to her, a kind of obligation to go over the unbelievably short life she lived, 13 years, in as much detail as possible," says Geir Svardal.
In September, Aschehoug will publish the book about Cissi Klein, written by Adresseavisen journalist Geir Svardal. I I don't want anyone to see me cry Svardal describes her family history and the Jewish community in Trondheim, and he follows Cissi into the difficult war years.
– Fortunately, I managed to meet and talk to several of the people who grew up with Cissi and who remembered her from Trondheim in the 1930s. After finishing «No one will see me cry», I walked over to her statue in Museumsparken and whispered to her that now it was done, now the story was delivered, says the author.
Cissi Klein from Trondheim was 13 years old when she was deported to Auschwitz in February 1943. She didn't survive, but her story has left a deep impression. Cissi Klein has both her own street and a future high school named after her, and her sculpture in Museumsparken is worthy of preservation.
– This powerful story has been waiting to be told. It's both moving and thought-provoking, and makes a complementary contribution to Norwegian Holocaust history, says Jan Swensson, Head of Publishing at Aschehoug.
