Counterfeiter by Moritz Nachtstern
In 1945 Moritz Nachtstern sat down in his Oslo apartment and dictated the story of how he survived the Holocaust. He was one of 771 Jews deported from Norway during the German occupation of 1940-45; he was one of only thirty-four who came back. In Auschwitz he endured horrific conditions and came close to death several times before being selected for the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and the isolated Block 19. Here, under the watchful eye of their S guards, he and other skilled prisoners worked to produce perfect counterfeit British, and later American, banknotes for their captors. All were acutely aware that once they had served their purpose, they would not be allowed to live. Moritz Nachtstern captures the atmosphere inside Block 19, as portrayed in the Oscar-winning film The Counterfeiters, from his arrival in 1943 to the last chaotic days of the Second World War. First published in Norwegian in 1949, this English edition is complemented by a foreword by his daughter Sidsel and essays by Norwegian historian Bjarte Bruland and Lawrence Malkin, author of Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846032899 |
| ISBN 10 | 184603289X |
| Title | Counterfeiter |
| Author | Moritz Nachtstern |
| Series | General Military |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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