The Germans have set up a money-counterfeiting operation in the camp, and Hogan is planning on destroying it.The Germans have set up a money-counterfeiting operation in the camp, and Hogan is planning on destroying it.The Germans have set up a money-counterfeiting operation in the camp, and Hogan is planning on destroying it.
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Not much excitement in this story.
With some tactical voice recordings and smoke bombs, Hogan hopes that he can convince one of the scientist to help in the cause. This will include being able to destroy the process by any means necessary.
There's just was not that much going on in this episode that made the viewer exciting about the details of the show. Even with the ability to manipulate a voice recording, the offering was slow and dull. Not one of the better shows.
Did you know
- TriviaLaurence Marks's story line about a Nazi German effort to counterfeit Allied currency is rooted in fact. During World War Two, the Nazis launched counterfeiting initiatives under various code names, notably Operation Bernhard, trying first to destroy the British economy by flooding Britain with the false currency, then to use the bogus money to finance intelligence operations such as the September 1943 rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
At its height, Operation Bernhard was headed by SS Major Bernhard Kruger; in Hot Money (1967), the operation is run by SS Major Bock (Sandy Kenyon). And just as Hogan convinces Herman Stoffel (Jon Cedar) that the Germans will execute him after Bock's counterfeit operation is over, the concentration-camp inmates who did the work in Operation Bernhard were also slated to be executed at the end of the war; however, a bureaucratic snafu enabled them to remain alive until they were liberated by American forces. The quality of the German counterfeits was so high that, after the war, the Bank of England was forced to redesign some of its currency.
- GoofsThe note Carter reads says come to Barracks 3. But later when LeBeau opens the barracks door to look out, a different building in the background has a sign on it identifying it as Barracks 3.
- Quotes
SS Major Bock: You want to work for us?
Newkirk: Now you've got it, Major.
[referring to the building outside of the barracks where the counterfeit operation is taking place]
Newkirk: I know what's going on in that building, and I can help you make some of that lovely money. All I want you to do is let have whatever falls on the ground each day.
Col. Klink: Incredible. It's incredible!
Newkirk: Shh! Kommandant, please! That's picture's got ears like a bloody radar.
SS Major Bock: I take it you know something about this kind of work?
Newkirk: Well, I did a pretty fair job with his signature, didn't I?
Col. Klink: You're a criminal!
Newkirk: Sir, you're gonna insult me if you keep that up.
SS Major Bock: I assume you are familiar with a Bockenheimer rotary and press?
Newkirk: I could put those things together and tear them down again with me eyes closed. I've done it many times.
SS Major Bock: I see. Ever hear of von Holtz?
Newkirk: Hear of him?
[scoffs]
Newkirk: I've met him in Zurich, 1938. The greatest counterfeiter of our time. Why, I choked with emotion when he shook my hand.
Col. Klink: He's a crook!
Newkirk: Oh, Kommandant, what's with the name?
SS Major Bock: Yes. He's a crook, Colonel... but not the kind we need. For your information, Bockenheimer is the name of Hitler's favorite piano player.
Col. Klink: What?
Newkirk: Come on, there's a coincidence for you.
SS Major Bock: And just as Bockenheimer is not a printing press, von Holtz is not a counterfeiter. He is one of our most respected young scientists. This man is a liar and a fraud.
Newkirk: Well, there's no need to get ugly, sir.
Col. Klink: Shut up! I knew from the beginning, sir.
[laughs]
SS Major Bock: He obviously got hold of your signature and thought he could bluff his way into the building and pick up a little money. Hmm. Some forger.
Newkirk: Well, I could always learn.
Col. Klink: You will learn, alright! Or you'll rot in the cooler! Now get out of here! I'll deal with you later!
Newkirk: You don't want to change your mind and let me do a little on the job training? I'm a very good studier.
Col. Klink: OUT!
SS Major Bock: And not a word of this to anyone, or I'll see to it that you get more than the cooler.
Newkirk: Yes, sir.
[leaves Klink's office]