Short Synopsis
Bestselling author Sarah Kaminsky takes listeners through her father Adolfo Kaminsky's perilous and clandestine career as a real-life forger for the French Resistance, the FLN, and numerous other freedom movements of the twentieth century.

Full Synopsis
At the age of seventeen Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was living in Nazi occupied Paris, using forged documents to hide in plain sight. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and his ability to masterfully reproduce official documents with an artistic eye, he was recruited to join the Jewish underground. He soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, working tirelessly with his network to create papers that would save an estimated 14,000 men, women, and children from certain death.

Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to secretly forge documents for thousands of refugees, exiles, immigrants, freedom fighters, and pacifists.

Kaminsky kept his past cloaked in secrecy well into his later life, until his daughter and biographer Sarah Kaminsky convinced him to share the details of the life-threatening work he did on behalf of people fighting for justice and peace throughout the world.

"[An] engrossing literary debut. . . . Writing in Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and immediacy." ---Kirkus

"Undoubtedly one of the most captivating books of the season." ---Paris Today

"Adolfo Kaminsky, A Forger’s Life is an impressive, attention-grabbing account of undermining corrupt and murderous governments, written in the voice of a man who is both self-effacing and proud, who knows that his work is important, but who wants no accolades for it." ---Foreword Reviews

"A detailed and touching story traversing a century in clandestine shadow crossings, where Adolfo's skill meant life . . . or death." ---Libération

"Simon Vance does an excellent job reading the exciting and emotional narrative." ---Library Journal Audio Review

"Simon Vance reads the book in the voice of an older man who looks over his life and realizes the impact that he has made and is humbled by it." ---Sound Commentary Starred Review

"Simon Vance breathes a terrifying reality into what it means to defy tyranny." ---AudioFile

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