Frederick (Friedrich) (Fritz) (F... stepfather. With Edith Hahn Beer, Julia Ormond, Susan Sarandon. Daughter of Werner Vetter and Edith Hahn-Beer. Edith, 86, reclaimed her name after the war and divorced Werner. She is a 24-year-old Viennese Jew just completing her studies in law in 1938, the year of the Austrian Anschluss. Edith Hahn Beer, an Austrian Jew using an assumed Aryan identity,married Werner Vetter, a German Nazi. [5], Following the war, Hahn used her long-hidden Jewish identity card to reclaim her true identity. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Directed by Liz Garbus. Born in Vienna in 1914, Edith Hahn Beep, currently resides in Netanya, Israel. After graduating, Hahn continued her studies at university and was studying law at the time of the Anschluss, when she was forced to leave the university because she was Jewish. From a very early age she read the newspaper, and had an interest in law and politics. Archie: We never buy bottles. [7], In December 1997, a collection of Hahn's personal papers was sold at auction for $169,250. Edith Hahn Beer was an outspoken young law student living in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her first into a ghetto, and then into a labor camp. Jewish Madison Community COVID-19 Resource Her daughter, Angela, lives in London and is … Copyright © 2021 Jewish Federation of Madison. Edith Hahn Beer fled from the Gestapo by living under a false identity in Nazi Germany. Angela was born in Brandenburg, Germany in 1944, the daughter of a Nazi Party member and a Jewish woman who was hiding from the Gestapo and living under an assumed identity in the heart of the Third Reich. 608-238-3123 She just wanted to stay alive 'The Nazi Officer's Wife' by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin. Print. All Rights Reserved. The Allies' need for jurists called her law education into use, and she was appointed as a judge in Brandenburg. Strangely, Edith was not the tall, willowy “Aryan” type. Madison, WI 53719, (608) 278-1808 Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of “The Nazi Officer's Wife” by Edith Hahn Beer. program@templebethelmadison.org All in the Family (TV Series 1971 ... Archie Bunker: Go out and get me a beer. See More >, JBAM - Jewish Burial Association of Madison, JCSJ - Jewish Congregations for Social Justice, JWC - Jewish Women's Circle (Chabad of Madison), YJP - Young Jewish Professionals (A Chabad Affiliate), Jewish Federation of Madison Her parents owned and ran a restaurant. To the list of Nazi-era memoirs must now be added Edith Hahn Beer's. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. She was petite at five foot, with dark curly hair. 2702 Arbor Dr She and Werner Vetter divorced in 1947. Copies of the book are available from Temple Beth El for $15 each. Edith Hahn Beer’s memoir The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust is a tale of survival in a society that has set out to destroy her race.