The Nazi Officer’s Wife
Overview
Edith Han was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a Jewish ghetto. Edith was taken away to a labor camp, and when she returned home months later, she found her mother had been deported. Knowing she would become a hunted woman, Edith went underground, scavenging for food and searching each night for a safe place to sleep. Her boyfriend, Pepi, proved too terrified to help her, but a Christian friend was not. Using the woman’s identity papers, Edith fled to Munich. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi Party member who fell in love with her. Despite her protests and even her eventual confession that she was Jewish, he married her and kept her identity a secret.
Released:
May 9, 2003
Genre:
Documentary, History, War
Country:
United States, USA
Duration:
1h 30m
Cast:
Edith Hahn Beer, Julia Ormond, Susan Sarandon
Director:
Liz Garbus
