The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

After he was captured by the Soviets, she was forced to get work to support her and her daughter, and when he was released, Werner didn’t like the wife he came home to. Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. But Werner wanted a housewife who would conform to his will, who was content at home. Though he knew she was a Jew, he married her anyway. The Nazi Officer’s Wife details Edith Hahn Beer’s story of survivalĮdith’s marriage to Werner Vetter wasn’t one awash in happily ever after.

The suffering they all endured is hard to read, but it’s a necessity that Edith’s life and the lives of other Jewish people never be forgotten. Told in frank and harrowing detail by both Edith and writer Susan Dworkin, A Nazi Officer’s Wife is a bleak look at the horrific struggles endured not just by Edith but by her family as well. A strong and determined woman, she was willing to do whatever it took to survive…even if that meant marrying a member of the Nazi Party, which she did. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Hahn Beer, Susan Dworkin Prose: non-fiction, History Praise for The Nazi Officers Wife: How one Jewish woman survived the holocaust Readers also.

Edith Hahn Beer was forced into a slave labor camp when the Gestapo took over her life and her world. These were the habits that I wore as I lived what survivors of the Holocaust now call a U-boat, a Jewish fugitive from the Nazi death. Edith Hahn Beer (Janu March 17, 2009) was an Austrian Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by hiding her Jewish identity and marrying a Nazi officer.

The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer