An underground life : memoirs of a gay Jew in Nazi Berlin /
Beck, Gad, 1923-2012,
An underground life : memoirs of a gay Jew in Nazi Berlin / Gad Beck ; written with Frank Heibert ; translated from the German by Allison Brown. - ix, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Living out . - Living out .
"Still in his teens, Gad Beck was soon an important contact in Berlin for the Swiss-based Zionist organization Hechalutz and led a resistance group, Chug Chaluzi, that aided Jews with food, housing, and escape plans. Coming of age in a city under constant bombardment, carrying on resistance work and a series of romantic gay relationships despite the constant risk of arrest by the Gestapo, Beck reveals a tenacity and irrepressible spirit that is his real legacy."--BOOK JACKET. "Born Gerhard Beck in a Christian-Jewish household, he first experienced the growing power and influence of National Socialism only as an uncertain threat. As Jews began to be forced out of German social, political, and economic life, the young Gerhard embraced his Jewish heritage, joined Zionist youth groups, and took the Hebrew name Gad. Then the Naxis came for Manfred Lewin, Beck's first love, and for the Lewin family.
9780299165048 (pbk.)
Beck, Gad, 1923-2012.
Jews--Germany--Berlin--Biography.
Jewish gays--Germany --Berlin --Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Germany--Berlin--Personal narratives.
Berlin (Germany)--Biography.
940.5318092 BEC / 019430
An underground life : memoirs of a gay Jew in Nazi Berlin / Gad Beck ; written with Frank Heibert ; translated from the German by Allison Brown. - ix, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Living out . - Living out .
"Still in his teens, Gad Beck was soon an important contact in Berlin for the Swiss-based Zionist organization Hechalutz and led a resistance group, Chug Chaluzi, that aided Jews with food, housing, and escape plans. Coming of age in a city under constant bombardment, carrying on resistance work and a series of romantic gay relationships despite the constant risk of arrest by the Gestapo, Beck reveals a tenacity and irrepressible spirit that is his real legacy."--BOOK JACKET. "Born Gerhard Beck in a Christian-Jewish household, he first experienced the growing power and influence of National Socialism only as an uncertain threat. As Jews began to be forced out of German social, political, and economic life, the young Gerhard embraced his Jewish heritage, joined Zionist youth groups, and took the Hebrew name Gad. Then the Naxis came for Manfred Lewin, Beck's first love, and for the Lewin family.
9780299165048 (pbk.)
Beck, Gad, 1923-2012.
Jews--Germany--Berlin--Biography.
Jewish gays--Germany --Berlin --Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Germany--Berlin--Personal narratives.
Berlin (Germany)--Biography.
940.5318092 BEC / 019430