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91:, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine. At the press conference to announce the publication, Trevor-Roper announced that on reflection he had changed his mind, and other historians also raised questions concerning their validity. Rigorous forensic analysis, which had not been performed previously, quickly confirmed that the diaries were fakes. 102:
which he had smuggled from the East, but found he could raise the prices by forging additional authentication details to associate ordinary souvenirs to the Nazi leaders. He began forging paintings by Hitler and an increasing number of notes, poems and letters, until he produced his first diary in
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Kujau and Heidemann spent time in prison for their parts in the fraud, and several newspaper editors lost their jobs. The story of the scandal was the basis for the films
21: 27: 81:, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was 37: 88: 125: 99: 83: 77: 52: 142: 120: 108: 47: 17: 136: 68: 115:
started buying the diaries, Heidemann stole a significant proportion of the money.
95: 72: 64: 60: 98:, had a history of petty crime and deception. In the mid-1970s he began selling 67:
between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million
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who "discovered" the diaries and was involved in their purchase was
59:) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by 36: 103:
the mid-to-late 1970s. The West German journalist with
87:, who asked their independent director, the historian 71:(£2.3 million or $ 3.7 million) by the 8: 111:, who had an obsession with the Nazis. When 28:Portal:Germany/Selected article/2007/January 7: 134:(1992), and the television series 35: 124:(1991) for the British channel 1: 160: 94:Kujau, born and raised in 56: 42: 40: 41:Konrad Kujau in 1992 128:, the German film 43: 89:Hugh Trevor-Roper 57:Hitler-Tagebücher 26:(Redirected from 151: 100:Nazi memorabilia 84:The Sunday Times 63:, but forged by 31: 22:Selected article 159: 158: 154: 153: 152: 150: 149: 148: 143:Full article... 33: 32: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 157: 155: 121:Selling Hitler 109:Gerd Heidemann 75:news magazine 69:Deutsche Marks 48:Hitler Diaries 34: 18:Portal:Germany 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 156: 147: 145: 144: 139: 138: 137:Faking Hitler 133: 132: 127: 123: 122: 116: 114: 110: 106: 101: 97: 92: 90: 86: 85: 80: 79: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 49: 39: 29: 23: 19: 141: 135: 129: 119: 117: 112: 104: 96:East Germany 93: 82: 76: 65:Konrad Kujau 61:Adolf Hitler 46: 44: 73:West German 140:(2021). ( 131:Schtonk! 20:‎ | 53:German 113:Stern 105:Stern 78:Stern 16:< 45:The 126:ITV 146:) 55:: 51:( 30:)

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Portal:Germany
Selected article
Portal:Germany/Selected article/2007/January
Konrad Kujau in 1992
Hitler Diaries
German
Adolf Hitler
Konrad Kujau
Deutsche Marks
West German
Stern
The Sunday Times
Hugh Trevor-Roper
East Germany
Nazi memorabilia
Gerd Heidemann
Selling Hitler
ITV
Schtonk!
Faking Hitler
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