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Burger, Adolf, 1917-2016

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Personal name headingBurger, Adolf, 1917-2016
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Birth date1917-08-12
Death date2016-12-06
Place of birthVeľká Lomnica (Slovakia)
Place of deathPrague (Czech Republic)
Field of activityCounterfeits and counterfeiting World War, 1939-1945--Counterfeit money
AffiliationEbensee (Concentration camp)
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Profession or occupationConcentration camp inmates Holocaust survivors
Found inHis Komando padělatelů, 1983: t.p. (Adolf Burger) p. 6 (b. 1917)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 9, 2016 (in obituary published Dec. 8: Adolf Burger; d. Tuesday [Dec. 6, 2016], Prague, aged 99; believed to be the last surviving concentration camp prisoner forced to make counterfeit pound notes in a Nazi plan to undermine Britain's economy)
German Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 9, 2016 (Adolf Burger; b. Aug. 12, 1917, Grosslomnitz, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovakia); d. Dec. 6, 2016, Prague)
Associated languagecze ger