1942, THE £5.00 COUNTERFEIT BRITISH NOTES. SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP-"OPERATION BERNHARD"- THE FORGERY BRITISH POUND NOTES.
Some of the most interesting currency artifacte are those known as "OPERATION BERNHARD" notes. These forget British pound notes were manufactured in Sachsenhausen between December 1942 and February 1945. During this period Jewish graphic artists, illustrators and printers were engaged in forging British bills under the directive of S.S. Sturmbannfuhrer Walter Bernhard Kruger. A159 SN #91097
