Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life Contributor(s): Kaminsky, Sarah (Author), Mitchell, Mike (Translator), Kaminsky, Adolfo (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0997003405 ISBN-13: 9780997003406 Publisher: Doppelhouse Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - History | Holocaust |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2016947348 |
Lexile Measure: 1020(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" L (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016 Foreword 08/25/2016 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter. 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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