num_pages: 165
description: That a Jew living in Nazi Berlin survived the Holocaust at all is surprising. That he was a homosexual and a teenage leader in the resistance and yet survived is amazing. But that he endured the ongoing horror with an open heart, with love and without vitriol, and has written about it so beautifully is truly miraculous. This is Gad Beck’s story.
language: English
title: An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
titlecomplete: An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Queer, LGBT, Memoir, Nonfiction, Holocaust, History, World War II
ratings_count: 400
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Biography/Autobiography
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press