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The Nazi Officer's Wife

How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Nov 20, 2016MelatSCPL rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A highly intelligent, well educated young lawyer and judge dumbs herself down, 'making her gaze vacant and smiling a silly little fool's smile' in order to hide under the very noses of the Nazis who seek to exterminate her and all of Europe's Jews. From the German occupation of Austria, until the end of the war in Europe, Edith Kahn, not knowing from minute to minute if by a little slip of the tongue, she might betray herself or, if an informer might guess her secret, endures unbelievably high levels of fear, stress and anxiety. The author's tale is touching; her honesty is haunting; her compassion for others is commendable. The Nazi Officer's Wife tells a story of a young woman who chose to 'dream the impossible dream' rather than give in to a cruel tyranny.