Four Bank of England counterfeit notes forged by Jewish concentration camp prisoners, under Operation Bernhard, based in Sachsenhausen.

(HOLOCAUST).

Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR

(Sachsenhausen, Germany)

1943

One of each: £5, £10, £20 and £50.

During World War II, the Nazis devised a secret plan of economic warfare - Operation Bernhard - to destabilize the British economy by flooding it with forged bank-notes. In 1943 the Germans introduced into circulation counterfeit British £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes. A talented team of Jewish concentration camp prisoners were forced to create, what became the largest counterfeiting operation in history. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced. * WITH: Brian Burke. Nazi Counterfeiting of British £ Currency During World War II. (San Bernardino, 1987).