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The savagery of the senior Nazis is infamous. So what possessed any woman to wed such men and bear their children?

Listen to this story Last spring, when the pandemic forced a global lockdown, Holocaust survivor Marion Ein Lewin wrote a moving piece for this newspaper, extolling the power of the human spirit and calling on everyone to summon their strength and resilience. “Celebrating Passover during the COVID-19 pandemic brings back memories of Seders spent in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, starting when my twin brother and I were 6 years old,” began Lewin’s op-ed. “At 82, we are in all lik...

How a picture in a newspaper unlocked childhood mysteries for two Holocaust survivors Steve Lopez © (Courtesy of Marion Ein Lewin) Marion Ein Lewin and her twin brother, Steven Hess, around 6 years old, in Amsterdam. (Family photo) Last spring, when the pandemic forced a global lockdown, Holocaust survivor Marion Ein Lewin wrote a moving piece for this newspaper, extolling the power of the human spirit and calling on everyone to summon their strength and resilience. “Celeb...

Book World: The real housewives of the Third Reich: Wealth, power and petty rivalries Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, The Washington Post Jan. 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitlers Germany By James Wyllie - - - Who among us hasnt felt that schadenfreudian thrill of wondering, "How on earth can she be married to him?" (Apologies, Ms. Chao!) At once superior and voyeuristic, the question assumes that the woman is perfectly nice, even charming, while her husband is - b...