Kate Winslet is Hanna Schmitz

Kate Winslet gives photogs a friendly wave as she films more scenes on Sunday for her new war drama, The Reader, in Goerlitz, Saxony (the easternmost federal state of Germany).

Winslet, 32, plays the role of Hanna Schmitz in the film. Schmitz is described as an illiterate and former guard at Auschwitz for the major Nazi military organization under Adolf Hitler. She also works as a tram conductor toward the beginning of the story, as well.

The Reader tentatively will open in theaters nationwide on Dec. 12, 2008.

20+ pictures inside of Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz…