was compromised then tortured and killed by the Nazis. Her travails, along with the poem, are remembered in a 1958 film called Carve Her Name With Pride. You can watch a scene from the movie below.
There's something beautiful and uplifting in seeing [Leo] Marks' poem freed from its tragic context and put to its original use as a statement of love and devotion in such a public forum ([Chelsea] Clinton and [Mark] Mezvinsky were apparently unaware of the poem's history when they selected it). But perhaps now, we should remember the pain and the sacrifice tied to it.
from The Huffington Post: The Tragic History Of Chelsea's Wedding Poem
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