Schonhaus, Cioma: The Forger

Name: Schonhaus, Cioma: The Forger
Brand: Granta Books
SKU: 978-1-86207-987-8
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When his family are deported to concentration camps in 1942, twenty-year-old draftsman Cioma Schönhaus goes underground and discovers a life-saving talent for falsifying identity cards. When his face appears on Gestapo wanted posters, he attempts a breathtaking escape from Berlin to Switzerland - by bicycle.

ISBN: 978-1-86207-987-8

GTIN: 9781862079878

Über den Autor Schonhaus, Cioma

Cioma Schonhaus was born in Berlin in 1922 to Russian immigrant parents. He studied graphic design and did numerous jobs in the early years of the Second World War. From 1942-3 he remained in Berlin illegally, forging documents for other Jews. While on the Gestapo's wanted list, he escaped armed with papers he'd made himself by cycling into Switzerland, where he still lives today.Alan Bance is Professor Emeritus in German studies at the University of Southampton.