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Counterfeiting The Holocaust : A Historical and Archival Examination of Holocaust Artifacts

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Mr. Tulkoff's book has a wealth of accurate information. Since this field is relatively small, many of the researchers have worked with each other, or have access to one another's work. Mr. Tulkoff is no exception. His work is flawless and should be held high as a work of competence; as a premier guide to counterfeiting the holocaust.

As a researcher and collector of WW2 judaic-related and nazi-related items, I have found Mr. Tulkoff's book to be of immense value, and to have been directly responsible for guiding me through (and avoiding) several purchases. I have challenged his book many times by cross-referencing his findings against other renowned researchers in order to come to a truthful conclusion about the items I was looking at. His book has ALWAYS hit the mark.

If you can find another guide book that is more straight-forward, accurate and researched on a higher level than Mr Tulkoff's, please let me know. I guarantee you won't find one.

There should be more people like Mr. Tulkoff in this world with such a desire to help protect the rare artifacts that remain from such a horrific time. Mr. Tulkoff's book attempts to keep the counterfeits from making their way into collections, and he most definitely succeeds!

Thank you, Mr. Tulkoff.
Mark Silverman, Seattle
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Tulkoff's book is an excellent field guide to Holocaust artifacts. This concise, information-packed work is lavishly illustrated with photographs of artifacts from the author's personal collection as well as museum pieces. Tulkoff's book provides a fascinating, thorough look at the cultural artifacts of one of the darkest periods of human history; it will be invaluable to collectors, scholars, and historians alike.

Essential reading for any student of the Holocaust. Pound for pound, there are many more fake items than genuine ones to be had. Thus, this book serves as a primer for anyone interested in items from that period. Many color photos of both fakes and good pieces. Readable and succinct. The author underscores the necessity of tight provenance, and the relative certainty of the bogus nature of things that are offered from piles of similar items at trading shows, and of things reported to have come from vets who "liberated" the worst hell pits on earth. If you were a vet, revolted at the sight of gross inhumanity, would you have taken, of all things, a lice-infested armband or shirt? Just a few simple notions from the book. Highly recommended.

THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. As an historian, it is very valuable.

Three things:

1. If you wish to use this book to fine tune counterfeiting any artifacts, a. It's Abominable and b. you won't get any help here. This book is to weed you out - it lists fakes, not the ways to make more accurate copies.

2. If you wish to find out about your museum, personal or inherited items, this may be of good service to you.

3. This book drives home some of the realities of the ghettos and camps in a very personal way. It is painful to see and read as well it should be.

I thank the Survivors, authors, and Remembrance museum curators and wish them well. I curse all who try to make even the smallest amount from any items having to do with the Shoah.

I took it right back to where I bought it.
I'm glad I saved the receipt.