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Konrad Kujau, Who Forged Hitler's Diaries (theawl.com)
48 points by tintinnabula on Jan 10, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


I well remember that entire episode playing out in the US press. He also ran for mayor of Stuttgart towards the end of his life.

Here's the New York Times obituary for him:

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/14/world/konrad-kujau-62-hitl...


There is also a German (comedy) movie about this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105328/


The film is currently available on Netflix in Germany.

A scene from the film (in German) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ax0ARnL24


...and apparently a British TV Mini-Series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124256/


I remember seeing this. Actually the main thing I remember is Alexei Sayle singing, to the tune of Cole Porter's "You're the Top":

> I'm the top

> I'm Cesare Borgia

> I'm the world's

> greatest forger


Selling Hitler is well worth watching and is currently on youtube[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHO_F32NNew


There's a remarkable book about this called "Selling Hitler" by Robert Harris.


I found this article very well written and the story fascinating!




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