http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead From William Grimes' review of The Forger in today's NYT arts section... In June 1942 a 20-year-old Jew named Cioma Schönhaus stood in front of a Nazi bureaucrat in Berlin for final processing before being deported to a concentration camp in Poland. Asked if he had any money, he replied, “Yes, my lucky penny.” The penny went into the coffers of the Third Reich, duly noted in an account book. The Forger is a memoir--by Cioma Schönhaus, the kid that lost his lucky penny along with his family--but not his life--to the Nazis.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:08:55 -0800 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:49:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss They used pennies in Germany back then?

]]> chocotaco http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907737 Books Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:33:22 -0800 Well... pfennig.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907756 Books Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:50:37 -0800 Was it really so lucky? While he had it, he was captured and processed by Nazis. After he gave it up, he survived to live to be an old man. Maybe it's one of those tales where it's only lucky after you give it to someone else.

]]> lala http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907799 Books Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:17:27 -0800 It never pays to be honest to a Nazi.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907814 Books Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:31:34 -0800 Thought that was yesterday's NYTimes

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/now_thats_a_lead#c907851 Books Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:49:17 -0800