Edith Hahn Beer

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Edith Hahn Beer
Born	Edith Hahn 1914 Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Viennese
Home town	Vienna
Known for	Her book "The Nazi Officer's wife: How One Woman Survived The Holocaust"
Spouse	(1st) Warner Vetter (2nd) Fred Beer
Children	Anglelika "Angela" Schlüter

Edith Hahn Beer was a woman who lived in Austria during World War Two. She is known for being a Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by marrying a Nazi Officer and hiding her Jewish identity.

[edit] Early Childhood

She was born in Vienna in 1914. She grew up with what she called "shalom bait" (Peace in the home). She also as a schoolgirl read the newspaper's and magazines, she was most interested in the law columns.

[edit] Education

Her father was not planning to send her to high school, as it was not uncommon for a girl in that time not to go, but, her professor persuaded her father to give in and he sent her to high school. She then went on to university. She studied Roman law, church law, German law; civil, criminal, commercial procedures; the laws of notion; political science; and economical theory. She was unable to get her degree because the university banned Jews, however in 1946, after WWII she became a judge in Brandenburg.