The Nazi Officer's Wife
By Edith Hahn Beer & Susan Dworkin
- Release Date: 2012-01-31
- Genre: History
Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged in Munich as Grete Denner. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi Party member who fell in love with her. Despite Edith's protests and even her eventual confession that she was Jewish, he married her and kept her identity a secret.
In wrenching detail, Edith recalls a life of constant, almost paralyzing fear. She tells how German officials casually questioned the lineage of her parents; how during childbirth she refused all painkillers, afraid that in an altered state of mind she might reveal something of her past; and how, after her husband was captured by the Soviets, she was bombed out of her house and had to hide while drunken Russian soldiers raped women on the street.
Despite the risk it posed to her life, Edith created a remarkable record of survival. She saved every document, as well as photographs she took inside labor camps. Now part of the permanent collection at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., these hundreds of documents, several of which are included in this volume, form the fabric of a gripping new chapter in the history of the Holocaust—complex, troubling, and ultimately triumphant.
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5By hhat2!This was fantastic. Should be required reading for children. Highly recommended.Beautiful!
5By Snowman5134Beautiful story and beautifully told! I was captivated and read the book in full in 3 days! So brave and breath taking was Edith in her mission to survive! I will definitely recommend this book to anyone!The Nazi Officer’s Wife
5By BobV365I totally enjoyed reading about the life of this courages woman during WW2. It is a shame that people were murdered because of their religion and ethnicity.The Nazi Officer’s Wife
5By NWbwormThe Best of Us and the Worst of Us A perspective of the WWII Jew that is bone chilling and unique. One of the bravest heroines to appear in literature in a long time. A must read on so many levels.What a great book.
5By PatbradyWhen reading this I could hardly put it down. Very well written.Different POV
5By IllraceuNice to read a different side to holocaust survival.The Nazi Officers Wife
5By CarolinelewExcellent reading. This book will hold your interest. I didn't want to put it down.KkbskbgdmmNo
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5By Cowboy up 2011I felt like I was there when I read this book. The time just flew as I could not put it down.Loved this story!
5By MarcyleftWhat a life story! I didn't want it to end. Told so well.