Forger

Cioma Schonhaus

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: GRANTA BOOKS

Publication Date : 07/01/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Cioma Schonhaus discovered a way of turning his talent for graphic design to good use in wartime Berlin. He forged documents which helped save hundreds of Jewish lives. This astonishing memoir details his bold adventures, from complaining about the drunken behaviour of a policeman harassing Jewish diners, to his 1000-mile flight from Germany by swimming and cycling. '...it has the understated, random improbability of truth' "Guardian"

Publisher's description:

In wartime Berlin, Cioma Schonhaus discovered a way of turning his talent for graphic design to good use: he forged documents which helped save hundreds of Jewish lives. This title presents his astonishing story of wartime survival.

ISBN: 9781862079878