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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 579572, member: 6986&quot;]I recently attended MPCFest X, the annual convention of military numismatic enthusiasts held in Port Clinton, OH.&nbsp; The special guest for the convention was a gentleman by the name of Hans Walter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Walter is a Holocaust survivor who was sent initially to Auschwitz but spent most of WWII in Sachsenhausen as a part of Operation Bernhard.&nbsp; Operation Bernhard was the code name for the German plot to counterfeit English pounds and US dollars.&nbsp; Mr. Walter worked in quality control as an examiner of the finished notes.&nbsp; Of the 140 inmates who participated in OPeration Bernhard, only 3 are still alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of Operation Bernhard has been told in many books and was recently made into a movie called &quot;the Counterfeiters&quot;.&nbsp; It won the Academy Award in 2008 for best foreign film.&nbsp; It is somewhat fictionalized but the basic story is accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel extraordinarily honored to have met Mr. Walter.&nbsp; Below is a picture of myself and Mr. Walter.&nbsp; Next to that is one of the Operation Bernhard notes signed by Mr. Walter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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