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Born in 1979 in Algeria, of an Argentinean father with Russian origins, and a Tuareg Algerian mother, Sarah Kaminsky arrived in France when she was 3 years old. Passionate about art since her childhood, she started learning the cello at age 4. As a teenager, she discovered two passions, which are still vibrant in her life: theater and writing ...
Mar 6, 2017 · Sarah Kaminsky, author of the biography ‘A Forger’s Life,’ on her father, Adolfo Kaminsky. (Béatrice Cruveiller) Fortunately, they were receptive to her interviews.
Sarah Kaminsky’s first book is the best-selling biography of her father, Adolfo Kaminsky, published by Éditions Calmann-Lévy in 2009 and now translated into seven languages. She has a son and lives in Paris. Photo: Béatrice Cruveiller. Watch Sarah Kaminsky’s talk at TEDx Paris
Apr 14, 2017 · When Sarah Kaminsky was growing up in France in the 1980s, her father was, to her, a straightforwardly benign patriarch, a photographer and a social caseworker who helped to rehabilitate young delinquents.
Sep 9, 2011 · My Father the Forger: TED. Often times real-life heroes are created by accident. Sarah Kaminsky tells an extraordinarily inspiring story of her father Adolpho and his activity during World War II. After discovering that he had a skill which was desperately needed by the Resistance, he used his ingenuity and talent for forgery to save many lives.
Sarah Kaminsky spoke about the biography on March 5 at Jewish Book Week in London. Kaminsky says she was prompted to write the book after the birth of her son. Her father was then 77 (he is now 91) and she was fearful that her son might not have the opportunity to know his grandfather and learn about his remarkable life.
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2010 Reader's Choice Award – Elle Magazine, France Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life is "worthy of the best spy novels" and tells the story of Sarah Kaminsky's father, the genius-forger who committed his know-how and convictions to serve the French Resistance during World War II, saving thousands of Jewish families, and many others over the course of 30 years for various causes around the world.
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