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Loading... Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19 (original 2006; edition 2008)by Lawrence Malkin
Work InformationKrueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19 by Lawrence Malkin (2006)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Excellent history of a somewhat unknown subject. Goes into all the background, but also into the lives of those involved, in the camps and even the Nazis. Well-written, detailed, shorter than it seems. ( ) Lawrence Malkin’s Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19 is about the counterfeiting of millions of British pound notes, and to a lesser degree U.S. dollars by the Nazis. The counterfeiting operation, known as Operation Bernhard was a plot to disrupt the economy of Great Britain. The early chapters, though slow, provide background for understanding the decision surrounding the counterfeiting plan, as well as the reaction by the Bank of England. Later chapters explore how Krueger selected his team of lithographers, artists, printers from concentration camps, and how they were able to make near perfect pound notes in less than optimum circumstances. The narrative is somewhat marred by the editorial comments and irrelevant detail but overall Krueger’s Men is an interesting book. no reviews | add a review
The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed--a group of concentration-camp Jews. Only a fortnight after the start of World War II, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, Nazi leaders and officials of the German Reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of British pounds. Now, drawing upon top-secret bank records, German and British correspondence, and interrogation transcripts, award-winning journalist and author Lawrence Malkin reveals how an unremarkable SS officer named Bernhard Krueger attempted to bring down the world financial system. But when Krueger discovered that forging pounds, and later dollars, was no easy task, he made a crucial decision: he would seek out the greatest counterfeiters of prewar Europe and enlist them in the effort. He found them in an unexpected place: a Nazi concentration camp. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.548743History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Other Topics Unconventional warfare of Axis powers Intelligence operationsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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