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Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust | Edith H Beer, Susan Dworkin
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#1 New York Times BestsellerEdith 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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emilycoc
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Just devoured this book. A fantastic and compelling read. #bookeightof2023

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Karla2
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What an amazing book, how Edith survived the war. So sad she didnt end up with either of the man she loved.

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Come-read-with-me
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Imagine being a bright, accomplished, and outspoken woman in Nazi Germany. Now imagine being Jewish. Circumstance forces the author to marry a Nazi officer to survive the Holocaust. An astounding autobiography of a life lived by a determined and unflinching woman. Well worth the time and emotional effort.

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Exterminate1977
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4/5

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ajshrk90
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — I could not put this book down! This woman‘s story is incredible. My heart was racing throughout the book, what she and other Jewish people endured during this time period was absolutely horrific.

Biverson12 Adding to my stack! 6y
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ajshrk90
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1. 50 books — I haven‘t hit my reading goals in a few years. 😭
2. Not really, we‘re not New Years people. 🤷‍♀️
3. Deadpool?
4. August
5. 🖐🎉
#friyayintro Thanks @howjessreads !! ☺️

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Tarynitup
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Couldn‘t put this one down, another great story into the life of Edith Hahn living under Nazi regime as a Jew. You really get to know Edith in depth, and a bit of the curtain behind the psychology of what went on is understood. I‘ve always wondered what the German people thought and how the events lead to one tragedy after another. This books helps you understand.

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DimeryRene
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Already starting off good. Was gifted to me by @nataliebeech in one of my book exchanges. 💗💗

i.z.booknook Sounds amazing! 😍 6y
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LibrarianBecky
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Very detailed journey of one Jewish lady‘s tragic life through the holocaust. Definitely makes you feel fortunate nowadays!

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BookaholicNatty
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Found this while organizing my books and it looks sooooo good! Adding to the top of my pile! Has anyone read this?

Samplergal I haven‘t but I‘d be very interested in it. 6y
Insightsintobooks I've read it. I liked it. 6y
KathyWheeler I liked it too. 6y
toofondofbooks Yes enjoyed it also 6y
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Insightsintobooks
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I really enjoyed the true story of Edith a Jew, married to a Nazi officer.

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SandyW
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This was an interesting story that would have benefited from addt'l editing. The story of a young Jewish woman surviving Nazi Germany, in increasingly difficult situations. Beer is forced into (slave) labor. Ultimately, she meets & marries a Nazi. She survives the war by using her wits, & often sheer luck.
Beer does a good job showing people as neither wholly good nor wholly evil.
Interesting, but despite the material this book left me unmoved.

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KarynGood
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This is our February book club pick. Very elegantly written. Edith Hahn Beer‘s ability to recall detail is extraordinary and makes for a very compelling, heartbreaking read. She was one incredible woman! #februarybookclub2018 #halfwaydone

Charles Such an awesome book! I loved loved loved it. Have you read All But My Life? It‘s soooo good too 7y
KarynGood @MBlake No, I haven‘t but I will definitely check it out! Thanks for recommendation! 7y
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frizzylizzy211
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The Nazi Officer's Wife is one of the most profound memoirs I've read in awhile. This brave woman is alive simply by pure luck. It's because of luck that she managed to make fortunate connections during the war that she was able to survive. It helped that she was also a pretty face and smart as a whip ;)

CathyJ Also, welcome to litsy! I just came across this great link of #litsytips http://litsy.com/p/aDJja2lMZFFY #litsywelcomewagon 7y
frizzylizzy211 Excellent!!!! Thank you!!! 7y
RaimeyGallant @CathyJ Thanks for sharing the link! :) And may I add my welcome! 7y
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haileybean
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For others who are also making a Nazis Are Bad reading list.

britt_brooke This is a great read! 7y
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emilyesears
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Can't join #LitsyPartyofOne tonight (my brother's in town for the weekend so the whole family's going out for dinner), but I did finish this book earlier today. A very stressful read as Edith, a Jew pretending to be Aryan, was constantly on edge for fear of discovery. Sadly, an extremely relevant book to our time--lots of discussion of how people just accepted Nazi policy because the Reich's actions improved their quality of life.

britt_brooke Great book! 8y
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BilboBookends
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"The soul withdrew to a rational silence. The body remained there in the madness."

TricksyTails How did you like this book? I enjoy all WWII related books so this sounds interesting. 7y
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TriniCapini
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I started this one before the election, but now so many of her words feel timely and doubly haunting as I've been reading the last couple of days. I've had to remove myself from social media because it's been so frightening this past week. 😞

Samantha.1020 I know exactly what you mean- I have been mostly offline as well for same reasons. 8y
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Eliza-beta
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Really enjoyed this book. And there is a kindle deal going on!

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britt_brooke
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Hey, for those who marked this book as "to read" last week on my recommendsday post, it's a goodreads deal today! ? Amazon link below. ?? This would fit well into #nonfictionnovember (which I just realized was a thing).

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bookishnerd
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Maybe not the typical type of creepy, but still creepy in what this time of history consisted of... #booktober #funfridayphoto

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britt_brooke
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Gripping survival story of a remarkable woman. #recommendsday

Jensol77 I loved this book. 8y
Sarah1960 I so enjoyed this book. It was such a unique perspective on the time. love, love, loved it. 8y
britt_brooke @Sarah1960 Yes! It was a different perspective of the time. So interesting. And just really good! 8y
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britt_brooke @Jensol77 Me, too. Really good! 8y
kspenmoll I will join the chorus- ! 8y
britt_brooke @kspenmoll 😁🙌🏻 8y
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amy_books

This should be a very interesting book!

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Jessicav
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I can't decide. Halp.