Exhibition Shows Banknotes From Failed Nazi Mission to Bankrupt Britain

Exhibition shows banknotes from failed Nazi mission to bankrupt Britain

IN 1942 a group of Jewish prisoners, chosen for such skills as painting and photography, were sent to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp near Berlin.…

Operation Bernhard Counterfeit Notes Go on Display at Holocaust Centre North

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy KLTV Newsdesk – Rare WW2 forgeries and original £5 notes reveal the hidden story of Nazi economic warfare and the prisoners forced to create it Original counterfeit banknotes produced during the Second World War’s Operation Bernhard, alongside genuine £5 notes from the 1930s and 1940s, are now on display at Holocaust Centre North. The collection has been donated by Scarborough graphic designer and avid banknote collecto…