The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust

by Edith Hahn Beer

Description

This is the harrowing true story of Edith Hahn Beer, a Jewish woman who defied the odds to survive the Holocaust by assuming a new identity. Forced into hiding and living in constant fear, she found an unlikely protector in a Nazi officer who fell in love with her and married her, keeping her secret at immense personal risk. Through vivid and wrenching detail, Edith recounts the daily terror, the desperate measures taken to conceal her identity, and the profound courage it took to protect her child. Her remarkable testament is a powerful exploration of love, deception, and the enduring human will to survive against unimaginable brutality.

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hardcover

Rob Weisbach Books

Published Jan 1, 1999

305 pages

ISBN: 9780688166892

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First Published

1999

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer.

Racism/Discrimination
War/Trauma
Death/Grief
Sexual Violence