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Gerd Heidemann

Stern magazine journalist who brought Konrad Kujau's forged Hitler Diaries to the magazine's editors and championed their purchase; convicted of fraud in 1985 for diverting a share of Stern's payments.

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The Hitler Diariesforged 1981-83; published and exposed April 1983
Gerd Heidemann popularised The Hitler Diaries.

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What Were the Hitler Diaries, and How Was the Forgery Exposed?

What the Hitler Diaries were: Konrad Kujau's forgery, how West German magazine Stern paid millions for it, and the forensic tests that exposed it in days.