Since the end of World War II there have been countless published memoirs by Holocaust survivors as well as those who witnessed the atrocities firsthand. "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Hahn Beer is one such memoir. While most of the available memoirs go into great detail on the trials and tribulations of Jewish people in concentration camps this woman's life took a very different twist. After spending many months in work camps Edith Hahn …showed first 75 words of 2067 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2067 total…grace. Without Plattner, Christl and Werner, Edith would have most likely suffered the same fate that her mother and many other family members endured. This memoir, written by a highly skilled woman gives a glimpse into a side of the Holocaust that has never been seen before. Edith defied all odds by surviving the Holocaust with a Nazi officer at her side. Her story is an extraordinary one that deserves to be preserved in history.