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THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE named
2004 Audie Award Finalist!

JCCAUDIOBOOKS production is a finalist for
the “Oscar” of the audiobook industry in two categories!
Englewood Cliffs, NJ – JCCAUDIOBOOKS, an imprint of Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc. and the leading publisher of great Jewish books on audiotape, is proud to announce that their audiobook version of THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE, by Edith Hahn Beer and Susan Dworkin, is a finalist for two separate 2004 Audie Awards – Best Memoir, and Best Solo Narration – Female.

The Audie Awards are the “Oscars” of the audiobook publishing industry, the highest honor that can be given to a book on tape or CD. The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony in Chicago on June 4, 2004.

“We are thrilled to be nominated,” said Ben Dworkin, vice president of JCCAUDIOBOOKS, “The Audie Awards represent excellence in the field. They are highly selective, so being recognized with these nominations is a great honor for our company, the authors and the narrator.”

Originally published in print to both critical and popular acclaim, THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE is Ms. Beer’s true, first-person account of her amazing escape from the Holocaust.

With sparkling intelligence and unforgettable honesty, THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE tells the tale of how Edith Hahn, a well-educated Viennese Jew living in Nazi-occupied Austria, pretended to be an Aryan Christian, attracted the attention of a Nazi Party member who fell in love with her and – even after she told him her true identity – married her and hid her throughout the war.

Susan Dworkin, who aided Edith Hahn Beer in preparing her memoir, is a Peabody Award-winning author, journalist, and lecturer. This nomination is particularly exciting, as Dworkin has the unusual honor of also being the producer and director of the audiobook version of the book. “It was a great experience to bring Edith’s story to life first in print and then on audio,” said Dworkin. “Few authors ever get that chance.” Susan Dworkin is also president of JCCAUDIOBOOKS.

Narrator Barbara Rosenblat has been called one of “The Golden Voices” of audio publishing by AudioFile Magazine, the industry’s leading trade journal. In THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE , she brings to life the remarkable characters, the split-second decisions, the fear, and the triumph of Ms. Beer’s experience. Rosenblat is the a two-time Audie Award winner in the category of Best Solo Narration – Female.

Last year, she won for her narration of Kate Simon’s classic, BRONX PRIMITIVE, also published by JCCAUDIOBOOKS.

To order copies of the unabridged, Audie Award-nominated audiobook THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE , or for more information on JCCAUDIOBOOKS titles, please call toll free 1-877-522-8273