Adolfo Kaminsky was an Argentine-born member of the French Resistance, specializing in the forgery of identity documents (IDs), and a photographer. During World War II, he forged papers that saved the lives of more than 14,000 Jews.
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Abbé PierreAlso won Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
Carola RacketeAlso won Medal of the City of Paris
Lorànt DeutschAlso won Medal of the City of Paris
Paul AussaressesAlso won Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
Bob DenardAlso won Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
Pierre RabhiAlso won Medal of the City of ParisAbout this person
Adolfo Kaminsky was an Argentine-born member of the French Resistance, specializing in the forgery of identity documents (IDs), and a photographer. During World War II, he forged papers that saved the lives of more than 14,000 Jews. He later assisted Jewish immigration to the British Mandate for Palestine and then forged identity documents for the Algerian National Liberation Front and French draft dodgers during the Algerian War (1954-62). He forged papers for thirty years for different activist groups, mainly national liberation fronts, without ever requiring payment in order to preserve his freedom.
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