Adolfo Kaminsky The Forger of Paris

<p><b>As seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and in the Emmy-award-winning New York Times documentary the gripping true story of a Jewish teenager who became "The Forger of Paris" for the French Resistance. </b></p><p><i>The Forger of Paris</i> presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore.</p><p>"This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews intellectuals and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." <b>-Jewish Book Council</b></p><p>At seventeen Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic technical ability to reproduce official documents he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris creating papers that would save an estimated 14000 Jewish men women and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis and driven by his own harrowing experiences he continued to forge documents in secret for activists refugees human rights causes and pacifists throughout the world.</p><p>"At a moment when someone’s passport or religion can still mean the difference between life and death Mr. Kaminsky’s story remains painfully relevant but inspiring." —Filmmakers Samantha Stark Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for <i><b>The New York Times</b></i></p><p>"A triumphant wartime biography full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." <b><i>—Foreword Reviews</i></b></p>