Saturday, September 27, 2014

Reading resumed, not life

The Nazi Officer's Wife
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaustby Edith Hahn Beer and Susan Dworkin

Trained to be a lawyer, Edith Hahn survived the Holocaust by being a Hausfrau.  A meek, well-behaved wife--shopping, cooking the meals, keeping the floors spotless and the sheets well aired. But that's skipping to the middle and there's a lot more to the story.  It's rich and full and devastatingly honest--she doesn't try to hide the goodness she does nor gloss over the evil she shies away from.
I'll be reading it again, soon.




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