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Adolf Burger
1917 – 2016
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAdolf Burger was a Czech 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 12, 1917
Veľká Lomnica
Date of death
December 6, 2016
Prague
Citizenship
Slovakia · Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovakia
Occupations & fields
writerjournalistscreenwritertypographerprinterbook printer
Awards & honours
Silver Medal of the President of the Senate
- Field and occupation
- slovenský spisovatel, účastník operace Bernhard
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