The sinews of war
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Bank of England Museum
www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum
The Bank of England Museum in London tells the story of the Bank of England
from its foundation in 1694 to its role today as the UK's central bank.
This website gives a taste of what is contained in the museum's collections
and exhibitions, plus other fascinating information about the people and
events that shaped the Bank of England.
Counterfeit Notes of War
http://currency_den.tripod.com/
War_Counterfeits/war.html
Lamentably designed and edited site, which nevertheless has a wealth of fascinating information on the forgeries perpetrated by governments against their enemies throughout history – from the Duke Galeazzo Sforza of Milan counterfeiting the money of Venice in 1470 to the present 'war on terrorism'. Lots of links to examples of these fake bank notes.
British Forgeries of the Stamps and Banknotes of the Central Powers
www.psywarrior.com/BritishForgeriesWWI.html
The Nazis weren't the first to produce forgeries of an enemy's currency. This densely packed article by Herbert A Friedman shows how the British produced counterfeits not only of money but also of stamps purportedly from the countries opposing it in World War I.
Nazi Gold: Operation Andrew and Sweden's neutrality
www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/goldp5.html
A version of the Operation Bernhard story (which says that it was really called 'Operation Andrew', 'Operation Andreas' or 'Action 1'). From online book The Nazi Hydra, which looks at the connections between the fascist groups of the 1930s and politicians then and now, as well as the evolution of fascist groups into the present right-wing extremist groups.
Nazi 'gold in alpine lake goes astray
www.dawn.com/2003/07/22/int3.htm
Article by Jack Kindred on the searching of Lake Toplitz and the finding of some of the Nazis' forged pound notes, as well as unexploded mines, chests full of U-boat research, V-rocket parts…
Hitler's Lake
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/11/21/
60II/main251320.shtml
Article from US television channel CBS on the search for Nazi gold and other secrets in Austria's Lake Toplitz. Includes an interview with Adolf Burger, one of the Jewish prisoners at Sachsenhausen who printed the forged money.
A history of sterling
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/
news/campaigns/eunion/cesterling.xml
A concise rundown of sterling, from the establishment of the Bank of England in 1674 to 1992, by Kit Dawnay, including an admission by the Bank of the headache caused by the Nazi forgeries during the war.
Museum exhibit on counterfeit money printed at Sachsenhausen
www.scrapbookpages.com/Sachsenhausen/
counterfeit.html
Article about the exhibition on Nazi-forged money at Sachsenhausen concentration camp today.
