{"product_id":"the-unsung-family-hero-paul-gardner-9781925736366","title":"The Unsung Family Hero: The Death and Life of an Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fast-moving historical biography with the feel of a thriller... how did an ordinary Jewish man find the courage to impersonate a tough Nazi officer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerhard Badrian was a gentle soul - quiet and compassionate, a competent commercial photographer. The Nazi occupation of Holland changed him. To cope with ruthless tyranny, his first reaction was perfectly normal. Keep your head down, stay out of harm's way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that didn't satisfy him, so he joined the Resistance. He learnt to forge identity papers which saved hundreds of likely Nazi victims: Resistance members, Jews and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill not enough. When, in front of his eyes, he saw his parents captured and deported to their deaths, a new persona emerged. He found he had hidden talents. He was a natural-born actor. Armed with forged papers and wearing an SS uniform, he would march into a prison or hospital... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertainly, this is a thrilling war story, an engrossing Holocaust story. But it is also a family story. Gerhard was the author's mother's cousin. For Paul Gardner, Gerhard Badrian is his unsung family hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A gripping story of how extraordinary times converted ordinary people into heroes ... This book transforms the history of a global war and monstrous crimes against humanity into a personal story of courage, risk and heart-trembling fear.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925736369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925736366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hybrid Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Paul Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942485819647,"sku":"9781925736366","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_585143f1-3c71-4722-9260-b9ed7f18bfd1.jpg?v=1681492651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unsung-family-hero-paul-gardner-9781925736366","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}