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          Gad Beck....

          Beck was a pioneering gay activist and educator in a severely anti-homosexual, repressive post-World War II German society.

        1. Beck was a pioneering gay activist and educator in a severely anti-homosexual, repressive post-World War II German society.
        2. An Underground Life: The Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin / Gad Beck ; Written with Frank Heibert ; Translated from the German by Allison.
        3. Gad Beck.
        4. As opposed to the experiences of Heger and Seel, Beck escaped the ordeal of concentration camps altogether, facing about a month in custody at a Berlin.
        5. Gad Beck, An Underground Life: The Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin, trans.

          6. Gad Beck

          Holocaust survivor, author

          Gad Beck

          Gad Beck in 2000

          Born(1923-06-30)30 June 1923

          Berlin, Germany

          Died24 June 2012(2012-06-24) (aged 88)

          Berlin, Germany

          CitizenshipGerman
          Occupation(s)Educator, activist, author
          Years active1947–2012
          Known forAn Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
          Partner(s)Julius Laufer[1]
          (1977–2012; Beck's death)
          FamilyMargot Beck (twin sister)

          Gerhard "Gad" Beck (30 June 1923 – 24 June 2012)[2] was an Israeli-German educator, author, activist, resistance member, and survivor of the Holocaust.

          Life and career

          Gad Beck was born Gerhard Beck[3] in Berlin, Germany, along with twin sister Margot,[4] the son of Hedwig (née Kretschmar) and Heinrich Beck. His father was born Jewish, and his German mother, originally a Protestant, had converted to Judaism.[5] The family lived in a predominantly Jewish i