Konrad Kujau

Adolf Hitler

was idolized by Kujau as a child since his parents joined the Nazi Party in 1933.

Hugh Trevor Roper

, the first historian to study the diaries, declared them to be genuine, boosting the management of Stern's trust but ultimately damaging the historian's reputation.

William Henry Ireland

April 2, 1796: A play that is being sold by a forger going by the name is one that Shakespeare is said to have lost.

Kujau

has always been captivated by the Nazi dictatorship despite growing up in a low- income household in Germany.

Konrad Kujau

wrote long journal entries by hand in old German Gothic script in the back room of his shop in Stuttgart, Germany.

Mark Hofmann

January 23, 1987: , an American forger, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fabricating Mormon history papers and killing two witnesses.

Plastic

was used for at least one set of initials glued to the front.

post war

The journals were created using paper, glue, ink, and binding.

Forensic investigators

use historical, scientific, and stylistic examination to establish the authenticity and authorship of historical materials that are not dated.

Kujau

drew inspiration from old books, newspapers, and historical documents.

Konrad Kujau

was one of five children who were born in Löbau, Germany, amid substandard conditions in 1938.

April 2, 1796

A play that is being sold by a forger going by the name William Henry Ireland is one that Shakespeare is said to have lost

January 23, 1987

Mark Hofmann, an American forger, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fabricating Mormon history papers and killing two witnesses

February 2007

The journals of fascist leader Benito Mussolini, which date from 1935 to 1939, are allegedly in the possession of Italian senator Marcello Dell'Urti, however historians in his country subsequently disprove this

Konrad Kujau

He wrote long journal entries by hand in old German Gothic script in the back room of his shop in Stuttgart, Germany.

black

Kujau’s entries are filled plain _ notebooks.

Imperial eagle

He decorated the notebook with a red wax seal in the shape of an _____.

Adolf Hitler

After working almost every day for three years, Kujau made 61 volumes of journals that he said were written by ____, the leader of the Nazis.

Hitler Diaries

Kujau’s journals about the Nzi leader became known as the _____ and are one of the most famous fakes in history.

Nazi memorabilia

He established a store in Stuttgart in 1967 where he faked and sold ____.

Mein Kampf

A sequel to Hitler's book ____, the beginnings of an opera, and poetry allegedly written by him was among Kujau's works.

Gerd Heidemann

After working for the magazine for more than 20 years, _____'s career came to a standstill — which led him to Kujau.

1978

The first post in Kujau's journal was written in _____ after he spent weeks practicing writing in Hitler's handwriting.

F

Given how similar the two letters seemed in Gothic style, he unintentionally utilized an "____" rather than an "A."

Political and Private Notes from January to June 1935

the first Hitler diary, was sold to a collector by Kujau in the same year.

2.5 million Deutschmarks

Heidemann assured Kujau that he would pay him _____ (about £1.6 million at the time) for the "remainder" of the diaries.

627,500 marks

By the end of February 1981, Stern had spent roughly _____ (or 1,000,000 marks) on the diaries.

Hugh Trevor Roper

the first historian to study the diaries, declared them to be genuine, boosting the management of Stern's trust but ultimately damaging the historian's reputation.

Jeschke, Greve, and Hauff auction house

In 2004, Berlin's __ sold the last volume of the Hitler Diaries for €6,500 (£4,000), replete with Kujau's verification.

Hitler's Final Solution

It claimed that the diaries showed that ____ was to deport the Jews, not exterminate them, leading some observers to assert that the history of the Third Reich would need to be revised.

Bundesarchiv

Stern hired forensic specialists from Germany's ___ (Federal Archive) to examine the diaries as doubts about their veracity developed.

East Germans

He discovered that many ___ possessed Nazi artifacts in 1970 when visiting relatives there, despite the country's laws forbidding them.

April 2, 1796

A play that is being sold by a forger going by the name William Henry Ireland is one that Shakespeare is said to have lost.

January 23, 1987

Mark Hofmann, an American forger, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fabricating Mormon history papers and killing two witnesses.

February 2007

The journals of fascist leader Benito Mussolini, which date from 1935 to 1939, are allegedly in the possession of Italian senator Marcello Dell'Urti, however historians in his country subsequently disprove this.

William Henry Ireland

A play that is being sold by a forger going by the name _____ is one that Shakespeare is said to have lost.

Mark Hofmann

an American forger, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fabricating Mormon history papers and killing two witnesses.

Benito Mussolini

The journals of fascist leader __, which date from 1935 to 1939, are allegedly in the possession of Italian senator Marcello Dell'Urti, however historians in his country subsequently disprove this.

Marcello Dell'Urti

The journals of fascist leader Benito Mussolini, which date from 1935 to 1939, are allegedly in the possession of Italian senator ____, however historians in his country subsequently disprove this.