The Leonard Lopate Show: Nazi Counterfeiters in WWII

Nazi Counterfeiters in WWII

The new film "The Counterfeiters" tells the strange but true story of a Nazi counterfeiting scheme during WWII. Stefan Ruzowitzky is the director; Karl Markowitz is one of its stars. It opens today at the Angelika (18 W. Houston St) and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.

Guests:

Karl Markowitz and Stefan Ruzowitzky

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Menachem Salomon from Brooklyn

The story of the counterfeiting operation of the Germans is the topic of "Counterfeit Lives" by Avraham Krakowsky. The book is one of a series called "The Holocaust Diaries", by Avraham Yaakov Finkel (Feldheim Publishers). In the book, Krakowsky, a Chasidic young man from Sosnowice, is brought to Sachsenhausen to be a member of the counterfeiting work. His job is to inspect the bills for errors, as well as to mark them so they appear used.

Feb. 23 2008 08:50 PM

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