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The Forger
The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin | Cioma Schönhaus
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In Nazi Germany, 20-year-old graphic artist Cioma Schönhaus found a unique outlet for his talent: he forged documents for people fleeing the Reich, ultimately helping to save hundreds of lives. Yet, even as the Gestapo posted his photo in public, he lived a daringly adventurous life, replete with fine restaurants and beautiful women, all the while managing to elude the Nazis. Breathtakingly bold, Schönhaus talked his way out of an arrest, defended Jewish diners being harassed by the police, and ultimately fled Germany by bicycling to Switzerland. Schönhaus's story-his courageous exploits that saved so many, as many others around him were deported, one by one, to the concentration camps-is an astonishing tale of wartime heroism and survival.
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MariaW
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This was a very interesting story of a Jewish passport forger in Nazi Berlin. It is well written, so well that sometimes the funny and eventful story covered the terror of being captured. I‘m torn between this is a good thing and the necessary seriousness is missing.

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MariaW
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Some tougher reading after Christmas. It is written in a flowing style so far.

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Erynecki
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I saw The Invisibles at the SF Jewish Film Festival. It's a doc-narrative about Jews in Germany hiding in plain sight. While this story takes place in Germany, there were Jews that hid in plain sight in other countries as well, including my Dad and his parents, who hid in the open as Roman Catholics in Warsaw.
One of the storylines is about Cioma Schönhaus who wrote about his experiences in the phenomenal book, The Forger.

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