Edith Hahn Beer was born in 1914 in Vienna to Leopold and Klothilde Hahn. She was the second of three girls. A very early age she read the newspaper, and had an interest in law and politics. A local teacher saw her interest and told her father that he should send her to the university, which was very unusual for a woman in Vienna during the 1930s. Edith had almost completed her degree when the process between Germany and Austria occurred. After the process she went back to take her last exam to find that the Nazis would not allow her to take it because she was a Jew.
Shortly after, her sisters moved to Palestine. Around the same time that Edith's sisters left, she and her mother were forced to move into a ghetto in Vienna.After several months
Shortly after, her sisters moved to Palestine. Around the same time that Edith's sisters left, she and her mother were forced to move into a ghetto in Vienna.After several months