Forging papers WW2

A shot out of a couple of animated scenes I made for an educational video about the life of Frieda Belinfante.

Frieda was an exceptional woman that played a key role in the Dutch resistance during the second world war. She forged documents to help people escape capture by the Nazis and was one of the masterminds behind the destruction of the “Amsterdam's Bevolkingsregister”, where original information about jewish citizens was kept by the Germans.

She escaped capture and execution by dressing up as a man. After the war started a new life in the USA where she became the first female conductor of a professional orchestra.

A wonderful photo of Frieda dressed up as a man. Along with some reference fotos of the some of the actual documents, I received from the Noord Hollands Archief. They store and display an amazing collection of historical objects and documents.

Frieda and other forgers used thread coils to carve out imitation stamps to make the papers look real.