The Forgers tells the story of how, between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Switzerland, under the leadership of Aleksander Ładoś, who headed Poland's legation in that country, forged passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.
Wednesday’s event is organised in conjunction with the Polish Cultural Institute in London.
The Forgers, which appeared in the UK and the United States last year, received rave reviews, gaining the title of the Spectator Book of the Year and described by The Times as “fascinating”.
It is to be published in a Polish translation later this year.
Born in 1968, Moorhouse is an expert in modern German and Polish history, especially the World War II period. His books include Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital 1939-1945, The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941, The Third Reich in 100 Objects, and First to Fight. Poland 1939. In 2020, he received the Polish Foreign Ministry History Prize for First to Fight. Poland 1939. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw.
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