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Title: Fascinating story of hiding in the open
Review: Edith Hahn of Vienna has several family members depart for Palestine and England shortly after the Anschluss. For love, of her mother (Klothilde) and boyfriend (Pepi) she stays until it's too late (and they are too poor) to depart themselves.Through amazing luck and friendship she manages to obtain falsified documents and live as an Aryan housewife during the Holocaust.I've read many stories of Holocaust survivors, but, this is the first I've read of a "U-Boat" someone hiding in plain sight. It gives you a picture (from a Jewish point of view) into why 'average' citizens of the Reich so easily followed the path led by the Nazi party. (Some shockingly trivial) While reinforcing your belief in humanity as many of those same people helped Ms. Hahn at great risk to themselves.A truly touching story that I find myself mentally revisiting many days after finishing the book.
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