A Counterfeit Fifty Pound Banknote from Operation Bernhard - Sachsenhausen
Published by NP, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1942
- Used
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since February 4, 2000
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 1,250.00
Quantity: 1 available
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A 'genuine' counterfeit £50 British banknote produced by inmates of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Operation Berhard. The 50 pound note was the largest denomination produced by the mostly Jewish forgers. The average wage for a school teacher in Britain during the war years was 300 pounds. So a 50 pound note would be a rare item that usually would only have been handled by the upper classes. In 1942, under the codename Operation Bernhard, the Germans decided to begin counterfeiting British banknotes to artificially cause inflation in the British economy and, precipitate the economic collapse of the state, while simultaneously funding some of their own projects. The notes were printed behind the gates of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp by slave laborers. Friederich Walter Bernhard Krueger was placed in charge of the Nazis' attempt to counterfeit British banknotes. He assembled a team of about 140 men (although some accounts mention as many as 300.) These inmates were told they would receive better treatment (radio, newspapers, warm barracks, etc) if they participated in the operation. All they had to do was counterfeit 400,000 British banknotes a month. By 1945, conservative estimates figure 70,000,000 worth of notes were printed by the inmates - a cache worth upwards of £100,000,000. In order to complete this herculean task, the team of counterfeiters studied vast quantities of authentic British bankotes. Our counterfeit banknote is in very good condition with the word "Counterfeit" stamped in red. The story of Operation Bernhard was made into a movie in 2007: The Counterfeiters, or Die Falscher and was written and directed by Stefan Rumowitzky.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Counterfeit Fifty Pound Banknote from Operation Bernhard - Sachsenhausen
- Author
- n/a
- Publisher
- NP, Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- Publication year
- 1942
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Banknote
- Edition
- Original document.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…
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