#Adolfo Kaminsky

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Marché aux Puces. Mannequins et manège. Paris 1955

Photo: Adolfo Kaminsky

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This is Adolfo Kaminsky. After his mother was killed by Nazis in 1941, he joined the French resistance at age 17. He spend most of World War 2 in an underground laboratory in Paris forging passports. He is estimated to have saved the lives of 14,000 French Jews.  “I’ll always remember our biggest request for documents. 300 children in 3 days. It wasn��t possible. I had to stay awake as long as possible. Fight against sleep. The math was simple. In one hour, I made 30 fake documents. If I slept for one hour, 30 people would die. My biggest fear was making a technical mistake, any little detail that might escape me. On every document rests the life or death of a human being. So I worked, worked, worked until I passed out. When I woke up, I kept working. We couldn’t stop." Kaminsky passed away in January 9th, 2023 at the age of 97.

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Adolfo Kaminsky, Paris la nuit, femme seule qui attend, 1946

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Adolfo Kaminsky, Petite fille à la poupée, rue Broca, Paris, 1945.

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Adolfo Kaminsky

1950

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Francesc Català Roca: Used Books with Cat, 1950

Adolfo Kaminsky, Paris, 1948

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Adolfo Kaminsky

Le rempailleur

1954

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Adolfo Kaminsky, Enfant à la fontaine, 1948

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Adolfo Kaminsky, Lonely Woman Waiting. Paris, 1946.

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Adolfo Kaminsky. L'enfant à la fontaine 1948. Paris France

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Paris 1946

Photo: Adolfo Kaminsky

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This is Adolfo Kaminsky.

After his mother was killed by Nazis in 1941, he joined the French resistance at age 17. He spend most of World War 2 in an underground laboratory in Paris forging passports. He is estimated to have saved the lives of 14,000 French Jews.

“I’ll always remember our biggest request for documents. 300 children in 3 days. It wasn’t possible. I had to stay awake as long as possible. Fight against sleep. The math was simple. In one hour, I made 30 fake documents. If I slept for one hour, 30 people would die. My biggest fear was making a technical mistake, any little detail that might escape me. On every document rests the life or death of a human being. So I worked, worked, worked until I passed out. When I woke up, I kept working. We couldn’t stop."

Kaminsky passed away in January 9th, 2023 at the age of 97.

History Cool Kids is in Paris, France.

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Adolfo Kaminsky

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Adolfo Kaminsky

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Adolfo Kaminsky

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Adolfo Kaminsky