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Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19 Audiobook
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The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed—a group of concentration-camp Jews. Only a fortnight after the start of World War II, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, Nazi leaders and officials of the German Reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of British pounds. Now, drawing upon top-secret bank records, German and British correspondence, and interrogation transcripts, award-winning journalist and author Lawrence Malkin reveals how an unremarkable SS officer named Bernhard Krueger attempted to bring down the world financial system. But when Krueger discovered that forging pounds, and later dollars, was no easy task, he made a crucial decision: he would seek out the greatest counterfeiters of prewar Europe and enlist them in the effort. He found them in an unexpected place: a Nazi concentration camp.
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"Michael Prichard reads...Malkin's riveting narrative with an authoritative voice…. Prichard's ability to change tone and pace is particularly effective."
— AudioFile
Krueger's Men Listener Reviews
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" Way too dense. Reads more like a history textbook. Time to rent the movie. "
— Rey, 9/30/2013 -
" Interesting subject, but not an interesting read. Wouldn't recommend it. "
— Ryan, 6/12/2012 -
" Though it has too much purple prose, esp. in the early parts, this account of the SS eventually being fairly successful in counterfiting the British pound & attempting to do the same to the dollar , using Jewish concentration camp prisoners to do the printing, is a very interesting story. "
— Converse, 6/21/2011 -
" Interesting subject, but not an interesting read. Wouldn't recommend it. "
— Ryan, 10/11/2010 -
" Way too dense. Reads more like a history textbook. Time to rent the movie. "
— Rey, 5/9/2008
About Lawrence Malkin
Lawrence Malkin’s work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Fortune, Connoisseur, the Times Literary Supplement, and many other magazines. He lives in New York with his wife, who survived the Nazi occupation of her native Belgium.
About Michael Prichard
Michael Prichard is a Los Angeles-based actor who has played several thousand characters during his career, over one hundred of them in theater and film. He is primarily heard as an audiobook narrator, having recorded well over five hundred full-length books. His numerous awards and accolades include an Audie Award for Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman and six AudioFile Earphones Awards. He was named a Top Ten Golden Voice by SmartMoney magazine. He holds an MFA in theater from the University of Southern California.