by Lawrence Malkin (Author)
Only a fortnight after the start of WWII, 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. 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 pre-war Europe and enlist them in the effort. He found them in an unexpected place: a Nazi concentration camp.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: 1st Back Bay Pbk. Ed
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Published: 14 Aug 2008
ISBN 10: 0316067504
ISBN 13: 9780316067508
Book Overview: The true story that inspired the 2008 Oscar-winning film, The Counterfeiters - a WWII plot to counterfeit millions of British currency.