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Operation Bernhard: The Nazi Plan to Forge British Money
In September 1939, Nazi officials approved a highly classified plan to forge British currency on a massive scale. The initiative eventually moved to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where SS Major Bernhard Kruger assembled a team of Jewish prisoners with backgrounds in printing, banking, and art. Operating in total secrecy within isolated barracks, these men were forced to mass-produce nearly flawless five-pound notes. They replicated the pure rag paper, reverse-engineered the alphanumeric serial codes, and meticulously aged the bills by hand to bypass Bank of England security measures.
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