The Counterfeiters Apr 2026

Taming the Counterfeiting Epidemic - MIT Sloan Management Review

: The screenplay was based on The Devil’s Workshop , a memoir by survivor Adolf Burger . 2. Historical Context: Operation Bernhard The Counterfeiters

: Set during WWII, the film follows Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch, a master Jewish forger imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is coerced by the Nazis to lead a team of prisoners in forging British pounds and American dollars to destabilize the Allied economies. Taming the Counterfeiting Epidemic - MIT Sloan Management

: It is considered the most ambitious counterfeiting scheme ever recorded, producing millions of pounds that were often indistinguishable from the real thing. the film follows Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch