The Nazi Officer's Wife
How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Ranked #19 in Holocaust, Ranked #48 in World War II — see more rankings.
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... more
In wrenching detail, Edith recalls a life of constant, almost paralyzing fear. She... more
Rankings by Category
The Nazi Officer's Wife is ranked in the following categories:
- #85 in Historical Nonfiction
- #61 in Jewish
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