A DIFFERENT KIND OF COURAGE

Biography General War - WW2

By Gretel Watchtel & Claudia Strachan

Synopsis

Gretel Wachtel remained in Hamburg throughout the War, joining with the German resistance fighters. She helped the local Catholic priest to protect those being hunted by the SS and was almost betrayed when hiding a Jewish doctor in her coal cellar. Arrested by the Gestapo and interned in 1945 she was finally liberated by the British Army.

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Narrator	Carole Boyd
Length	9hrs 10mins
Catalogue No.	8854
Publisher	BBC Audio