The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust

submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures on 10/07/18 1

Author Susan Dworkin discussed Edith Hahn's story, the subject of their book "The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust." Hahn survived the Holocaust and created a remarkable record in the process. She saved every scrap of paper issued to her, along with photographs she was able to shoot in the prison camp. Her papers are now part of the permanent collection of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Speaker Biography: Susan Dworkin has written half a dozen plays and published 14 books, including her biography of Bess Myerson, "Miss America, 1945: Bess Myerson and the Year That Changed Our Lives." For transcript, captions, and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6819

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