Gad Beck, 88, gay Jew in Nazi Berlin, dies
Photo credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum | Gad Beck, whose dangerous life as a half-Jewish gay man in the capital of Nazi Germany during World War II, represents one of the 20th century's more unusual stories of human survival, died June 24, 2012 at a senior citizens home in Berlin. He was 88.
Newsday's obituary for Gad Beck
Gad Beck, whose dangerous life as a half-Jewish gay man in the capital of Nazi Germany during World War II represents one of the 20th century's more unusual stories of human survival, died Sunday at a senior citizens home in Berlin. He was 88.
His death was first reported by the Jerusalem Post. No cause of death could be ascertained.
With the passage of time, it has become known that...
