Krueger's men : the secret Nazi counterfeit plot and the prisoners of Block 19

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Krueger's men : the secret Nazi counterfeit plot and the prisoners of Block 19

Title remainder

the secret Nazi counterfeit plot and the prisoners of Block 19

Statement of responsibility

Lawrence Malkin

Creator

• Malkin, Lawrence

Contributor

• Prichard, Michael
• hoopla digital

Narrator

• Prichard, Michael

Subject

• Operation Bernhard, Germany, 1940-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Poland | Oświęcim
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Counterfeit money -- Great Britain
• Audiobooks

Language

eng

Summary

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

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

940.54/8743

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

PerformerNote

Read by Michael Prichard

Target audience

adult

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not applicable