Counterfeit Reich: Hitleras Secret Swindle is the long-lost story of aOperation Bernhard, a the largest counterfeiting operation in human history. By painstakingly piecing together forgotten primary sources with recently declassified government documents, an incredible story full of twists, turns, intrigue, and espionage is finally revealed. It was seen as so vital by the Nazis that concentration camp guards were ordered to treat prisoners who produced the counterfeits cordially, even going as far as having Ping-Pong tournaments with inmates! Flush with profits gained by laundering their illegal tender, Hitleras Sicherheitsdienst (SD), a strange brew of bureaucrats, sadists, and thugs, financed some of the most colorful clandestine espionage activities of World War II, everything from Otto Skorzenyas brash commando raid to free Benito Mussolini, to aOperation Werewolf, a Goebbelsa last propaganda brainchild. Itas members assisted in helping Nazi criminals flee justice Europe at warsa endapossibly assisting aODESSAa and other neo-Fascist post-war activities.
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