The gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French
Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter.
Subject of The New York Times documentary "The Forger,"; winner of a
World Press Photo Award and an Emmy Award As seen on 60 Minutes with
Anderson Cooper "[An] engrossing literary debut. ... Writing in
Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and
immediacy." - Kirkus Reviews Reader's Choice Award –Elle Magazine,
France Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Most Anticipated Non-Fiction: Fall
Books 2016 "Every resistance movement had its forgers, but few have
told their tales. Many, like Kaminsky, were very young technicians and
chemists when they began their work. Sarah Kaminsky's affectionate
rendering of her father's life, with all the intricacies of his trade,
is a book not just about a remarkable craftsman, but a man who strove
to save 'every life that was in danger.'" -Times Literary Supplement
Best-selling author Sarah Kaminsky takes readers through her father
Adolfo Kaminsky's perilous and clandestine career as a forger for the
French Resistance, the FLN, and numerous other freedom movements of
the twentieth century. Recruited as a young Jewish teenager for his
knowledge of dyes, Kaminsky became the primary forger for the French
Resistance during the Nazi occupation of Paris. Then, as a
professional photographer, Kaminsky spent the next twenty-five years
clandestinely producing thousands of counterfeit documents for
immigrants, exiles, underground political operatives, and pacifists
across the globe. Kaminsky kept his past cloaked in secrecy well into
his eighties, until his daughter convinced him to share the details of
the life-threatening work he did on behalf of people fighting for
justice and peace throughout the world.
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ISBN
9780997003444
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
DoppelHouse Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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