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Adolf Burger
Adolf Burger | |
|---|---|
 Burger in Paris, 2008 | |
| Born | 12 August 1917 |
| Died | 6 December 2016 (aged 99) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Slovak (ethnic)[1][2] Czech Republic (citizen)[1] |
| Education | typography apprenticeship |
| Occupation(s) | typographer Nazi prisoner counterfeiter printing plant director |
| Known for | memoirs on Operation Bernhard |
| Political party | Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gizela (born 1920, died 1942) Anna (died c. 2004) |
| Children | 3 |
Adolf Burger (12 August 1917 – 6 December 2016) was a Slovak Jewish typographer, memoir writer, and Holocaust survivor involved in Operation Bernhard. The film The Counterfeiters, based largely on his memoirs, won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3]
- ^ a b Adolf Burger identified himself as Slovak in an interview for the newspaper Sme, 28 Feb. 2008; he said he felt to be "neither a Czech, nor a Slovak, nor a Jew" in an interview for the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, 23 Feb. 2008.
- ^ After her interview with Adolf Burger, Pauline McLeod characterized him as a "proud Jewish Slovak" in "My Hell as a Forger for the SS." The Sunday Express, 7 Oct. 2007.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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