The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust is a 1999 autobiography by Austrian-born Edith Hahn-Beer. Written with the help of Susan Dworkin, the book's first edition was published by Rob Weibach Books/William Morrow. A documentary film based on the source material and starring Hahn-Beer herself was released in 2003, and an adaptation is currently reported to be in production for a 2011 release.

translations

• German, as Ich ging durchs Feuer und brannte nicht : Eine aussergewöhnliche Lebens- und Liebesgeschichte (2002)
• French, as La femme de l'officier nazi : comment une Juive survécut à l'Holocauste (2002)
• Italian, as La moglie dell'ufficiale nazista (2003)
• Dutch, as De joodse bruid (2001)
• Japanese, as ナチ将校の妻 : あるユダヤ人女性55年目の告白 (Nachi shōkō no tsuma : aru Yudayajin josei 55-nenme no kokuhaku) (2000)
• Sinhalese, as Yuddhayē aturu katāvaka : (nāsi hamudā niladhāriya gē birinda) (2004).
• Thai, as เมียนาซี (2005).

2003 documentary

Directed by Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus is an award-winning documentary film director and producer. Her most recent film, Bobby Fischer Against the World, opened the Premiere Documentary Section of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, reserved for master American documentary filmmakers...

 and written by Jack Youngelson, the 2003 documentary retelling of the book starred Hahn-Beer, who was approximately 90-years-old at the time. The film features the voice of Julia Ormond

Julia Ormond

Julia Karin Ormond is an English actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage.-Early life and education:...

, and is narrated by Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her...

. In addition to being shown in theatres, it was run on the American channel A&E on June 19, 2003, and was nominated for a prime-time Emmy. It was reviewed by several major newspapers, including the New York Times, and the Boston Herald, and was nominated for a prime-time Emmy.

2011 film adaptation

A film adaptation of The Nazi Officer's Wife is reported to be in production. Directed by Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis

Michael "Mike" Figgis is an English film director, writer, and composer.-Personal life:Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films...

, written by Charlie Stratton  and Craig P. Sherman  and starring Eva Green

Eva Green

Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model.Green performed in theatre before making her film debut in The Dreamers , which generated controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven , and in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, for...

, Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.-Early life:Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former...

 and Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films...

, it is scheduled for release in 2011.

External links

• Harper-Collins Reading Guide
• CNN review of the book
• Jerusalem Post review of the book
• New York Times review of the 2003 film
• Boston Herald review of the 2003 film