Frank M. Hasel, Ph.D., is an Associate Director of the Biblical Research Institute (BRI). Prior to his work at the BRI he served as an ordained pastor in Germany and was a Bible teacher and dean of the theology department at Bogenhofen Seminary in Austria. The story of the Hasel family, who dared to practice their faith during the challenging war times of World War II, is told in the bestselling book “A Thousand Shall Fall” by Susi Hasel Mundy and Maylan Schurch (Pacific Press, 2001).