What was "Operation Bernhard" and how close did it come to destroying the British economy?
Answer
A Nazi operation to counterfeit British currency on a massive scale — producing 8.9 million high-quality forged pound notes using Jewish prisoner labor at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Did You Know?
The quality was so high that the Bank of England took large denomination notes out of circulation entirely. Notes were scattered over Britain, dumped in Alpine lakes, and some circulated for years after the war. The forged notes were crafted by skilled Jewish printers who had been promised their lives in exchange.