The Nazi Officer's Wife

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How one Jewish woman survived the Holocaust

Released May 09, 2003

Overview

In 1938 Edith Hahn was a Viennese law student - a "Christmas-tree Jew" with a gentile boyfriend. In 1942 she was living under an assumed name in Munich and married to Werner Vetter, a Nazi party member who was later drafted into the Wehrmacht. Based on Hahn's acclaimed memoir, "The Nazi Officer's Wife" is the riveting account of how she survived the Holocaust by posing as an Aryan hausfrau. Despite the risks, she kept painstaking records including real and falsified documents and photos of labor camps. These moving artifacts along with testimony from Hahn and her daughter bring this tale of survival resilience and redemption to life.

Runtime

1h 30m


Origin Country

United States


Original Language

English


Original Title

The Nazi Officer's Wife


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Languages

  • English

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