# The Nazi Officer's Wife ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ps7T6BuML._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Edith H. Beer and Susan Dworkin]] - Full Title: The Nazi Officer's Wife - Category: #books ## Highlights - So you see, we had all the burdens of being Jewish in an anti-Semitic country, but none of the strengths—the Torah learning, the prayers, the welded community. We spoke no Yiddish or Hebrew. We had no deep faith in God. We were not Polish Chasidim or Lithuanian yeshiva scholars. We were not bold free Americans—remember that. And there were no Israelis then, no soldiers in the desert, no “nation like other nations.” Hold that in your mind as I tell you this story. ([Location 350](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B006ID6NDQ&location=350)) - a matter of policy for nations can be a matter of personal tragedy for individuals. ([Location 3558](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B006ID6NDQ&location=3558)) - Imagine how hard it was for him, to come home in defeat, to a country which had no economy, no opportunities to offer him, and which was being run according to a new system by people who had been despised and imprisoned when he left. ([Location 3754](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B006ID6NDQ&location=3754)) - My wife, Grete, was obedient! She cooked! She cleaned! She ironed! She sewed! She treated me like a king! And I want her back!” ([Location 3782](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B006ID6NDQ&location=3782))