Synopses & Reviews
In Nazi Germany, twenty-year old graphic artist Cioma Schönhaus found a unique outlet for his talent: he forged documents for people fleeing the Reich, ultimately helping to save hundreds of lives. Even as the Gestapo posted his photo in public, he lived a daringly adventurous life, replete with fine restaurants and beautiful women, all the while managing to elude the Nazis until he could escape in the most unlikely of waysby bicycling to Switzerland.
A catalog of hairbreadth escapes, clever ruses, and brazen coups” (New York Times), The Forger is an astonishing and remarkably buoyant tale of wartime heroism and survival.
Review
NewsBlaze.com, 2/13/09“A gripping story of intrigue emerges from a placid beginning...This book is a good and worthwhile read.”
Review
NewsBlaze.com, 2/13/09 “A gripping story of intrigue emerges from a placid beginning...This book is a good and worthwhile read.”
San Francisco Chronicle, 4/12/09
“This is a great story—a true-life action adventure thriller set in the darkest times.”
Anderson Independent-Mail, 2/28/10
“[An] extraordinary story.”
Synopsis
The amazing autobiographical account of Cioma Schönhaus, the Jewish Schindler who evaded the Nazis and forged lifesaving documents in wartime Berlin.
About the Author
Cioma Schonhaus was born in Berlin in 1922. While on the Gestapos wanted list, he escaped with forged papers to Switzerland, where he still lives.