Marcel Marceau forged papers to save children
Marcel Marceau is famous for pretending to be trapped in an invisible box, but he spent his youth doing actual spy work. During WWII, he used his illustration skills to forge identity documents for Jewish children, saving them from concentration camps. Turns out, the greatest mime in history was also heavily involved in high-stakes anti-fascist forgery.

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