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  David Irving Press Library
Kujau is accused of forgery and Heidemann of taking money from the magazine to pay himself and his partner knowing full well the documents were a lie.
GERD HEIDEMANN, 54, a Stern magazine writer, and Konrad Kujau, 46, the alleged forger of the Hitler "Diaries," stand trial today for fraud following one of the biggest journalistic hoaxes ever attempted.
Heidemann is accused of selling the so-called diaries to the publishers of Stern in April last year, knowing them to be false, and of having kept much of the £2,460,000 that the magazine paid for 60 bogus volumes.
www.fpp.co.uk /docs/press/items/EvStd130884.html   (472 words)

  
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Heidemann was invited to the house of an acquaintance named Fritz Stiefel and shown his priceless collection of Nazi memorabilia.
Heidemann was a Nazi enthusiast and had been since he was a boy in the Nazi youth movement.
Heidemann decided that if he was going to approach the magazine with a proposal, he knew he had to do more ground work.
www.crimelibrary.com /features/fea_printPage.asp?curPage=&thisFile=/criminal_mind/scams/hitler_diaries/6.html   (328 words)

  
 The UnMuseum: The Hitler Diaries
Heidemann realized that if the diaries were authentic and if he could get a hold of them, he would have one of the biggest journalistic scoops of the 20th century.
Heidemann also found that a chest of papers had supposedly been recovered from the wreck and this was rumored to be the source of the diaries.
Heidemann told his bosses that after the plane crash the diaries had come into the possession of an East German general and were being smuggled out of that country one by one (supposedly inside pianos).
www.unmuseum.org /hitlerdiaries.htm   (1640 words)

  
 Hitler Diaries
Journalist Gerd Heidemann[?] claimed to have discovered them, and submitted them to be reviewed by a number of experts in WWII history, including the renowned Hitler expert Hugh Trevor-Roper (by then ennobled as Lord Dacre).
Heidemann claimed to have received the diaries from East Germany, smuggled out by a Dr. Fischer.
Both he and Heidemann went to trial in 1985 and were each sentenced to 42 months in prison.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Hitler_Diaries.html   (404 words)

  
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Konrad stated that Heidemann was fully aware from early on that the diaries were not genuine.
During Heidemann's testimony, he claimed to have had no knowledge that the diaries were forgeries, although he did confess to having recognized some historical inconsistencies in the writings.
Over all, Heidemann's testimony turned out to be damaging to his case because many of his statements were vague, lacking credence and simply unpersuasive, unlike Konrad's testimony.
www.crimelibrary.com /features/fea_printPage.asp?curPage=&thisFile=/criminal_mind/scams/hitler_diaries/15.html   (456 words)

  
 The Hitler Diaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Heidemann's journalist career was destroyed, but Kujau became a minor celebrity, appearing hundreds of times on German talk shows, opening a "Gallery of Forgeries" in Stuttgart, and even running for mayor of the city.
Heidemann had gone quite over the edge, insisting that he was in communication with long-dead Nazi brass and entertaining some prominent actually-living veterans of the Third Reich on Hermann Göring's yacht, which Heidemann had restored at considerable expense.
Heidemann was easy to fool, and in fact continued to believe that the diaries were genuine long after the fraud was uncovered.
www.1earthmedia.com /fake_photo/hitler_diary.htm   (3524 words)

  
 Forensic Science | Case Studies
It was this fact that lured Gerd Heidemann to purchase the first volume of Hitler's diary from a man who claimed he acquired them from an East German general trying to smuggle the scripts over the border dividing the then, East and West Germany.
Heidemann's boss then offered to buy the volumes from him for the equivalent of what would now be $3.7 million.
The forger of the diary and Gerd Heidemann were both sentenced to four and a half years in jail for their part in the illegal creation of a diary to one of history's most infamous figures, Adolf Hitler.
library.thinkquest.org /04oct/00206/case_studies.htm   (2211 words)

  
 Carin II
Apart from Göring's belief that Carin II should project his power and authority, she was, on another level, built to epitomize the very highest standards of German design, engineering and construction at the time and no expense was spared in her fabrication.
Gerd Heidemann, a Stern Magazine photo-journalist, purchased 'Theresia' from from Gunter Knauth in 1973, renamed it 'Carin II' and promptly began a DM400,000 restoration project in Hamburg.
After the 'Hitler Diaries Scandal' blew up and Heidemann was exposed and prosecuted as an accomplice, Carin II was seized by Heidemann's creditors, principally Deutsche Bank, and sold at auction to K-Line Ltd., controlled by Sandra Simpson and her now late husband, Dr. Mostafa Karim.
www.w3bh.com /boat/index.htm   (979 words)

  
 Hitler's Diaries: Real or Fake? -- Monday, May. 09, 1983 -- Page 4 -- TIME
Heidemann's tale began on the morning of April 21,1945, at a Schonwalde airstrip, seven miles from Hitler's bunker in Berlin.
There Heidemann found the grave, the crash site and, he says, evidence that at least some of the cargo may have survived.
Heidemann was unavailable to explain the apparent discrepancy; he has declined all requests for interviews.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,923630-4,00.html   (703 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Hitler diaries agent was 'communist spy'
Gerd Heidemann, who served a jail term for his go-between role in the sale of the fraudulent diaries, was recruited by the Stasi in 1953, a spokesman from Germany's centre for Stasi documents confirmed.
It was their star reporter Heidemann who acted as the intermediary between his employer and the man who had allegedly found the diaries, Konrad Kujau - later revealed to be the author of the works.
According to Der Spiegel, Heidemann - whose codename was Gerhard - was initially engaged to watch the arrival of American nuclear weapons in West Germany.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2159037.stm   (416 words)

  
 Man who duped Murdoch over Hitler diaries was a Stasi agent - smh.com.au
Gerd Heidemann, the intermediary between the forger of the diaries and his employers at Stern magazine, was quoted as saying he had been a double agent.
Heidemann claimed to have been duped by him, but the forger insisted he had told Heidemann they were fakes.
The document, reproduced on Sunday, states Heidemann was recruited by the East German intelligence service in 1953 when he was a young photo-journalist.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/30/1027926889629.html   (438 words)

  
 Guardian | 'Hitler diaries' man was a spy
Gerd Heidemann, who acted as the intermediary between the forger of the diaries and his employers at Stern magazine, was quoted as saying he had, in fact, been a double agent.
Heidemann claimed to have been duped by him.
The document says that Heidemann was recruited by the East German intelligence service in 1953 when he was a young photo-journalist.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4470405-103681,00.html   (489 words)

  
 Hitler - SKYGAZE - Interesting Facts, The Strange and Unexplained, Mysteries and Secrets
Early in 1981 Kujau told Heidemann that his brother, an officer in the East German army, had smuggled previously unknown Hitler diaries across the border into West Germany and was offering them for sale.
Heidemann accepted Kujau's fantastic tale and in the next two years persuaded his employers to part with 9 million marks ($3.7 million) for the diaries.
Heidemann was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison; Kujau's sentence was two months shorter.
www.skygaze.com /content/mysteries/Hitler.shtml   (974 words)

  
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 BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1983: 'Hitler diaries' published
At today's news conference, the Stern journalist who is said to have found the diaries in East Germany, Gerd Heidemann, told the story of his scoop.
Later, the Stern journalist, Gerd Heidemann, revealed he had in fact obtained them from a Stuttgart dealer in military relics, Konrad Kujau.
Gerd Heidemann was revealed in 2002 to have worked for the East German secret police.
news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/25/newsid_4464000/4464109.stm   (587 words)

  
 Stasi link adds new twist to Hitler diaries hoax - theage.com.au
Mr Heidemann claimed to have been duped by him.
But the forger insisted he had told Mr Heidemann they were fakes.
The document, reproduced on Sunday, states that Mr Heidemann was recruited by the East German intelligence service in 1953 when he was a young photo-journalist.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/29/1027926853903.html   (367 words)

  
 CSC,LLC. - Bull Street The Art of the Con.
He showed Gerd his elegant forgery and the reporter almost fell through the floor.
While Kujau was using postwar ink, paper, glue and even bindings, for some strange reason, Gerd thought that it was the real thing and asked if he could show it to his editors at Stern   Kujau was stunned at his request and quickly agreed.
Heidemann, was creditited with having created the entire plot by Kujau in order to save his own skin, but that only flew a short distance.
www.chapmanspira.com /book1/bullstreetv1-4/bullstreetv47.htm   (1623 words)

  
 Today in Odd History: Hitler Diaries Debacle Begins (February 18, 1981)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Gerd Heidemann presented the directors of Gruner + Jahr, the publishers of the German magazine Stern, with the handwritten diaries of Adolph Hitler.
Heidemann was a reporter employed by Stern, who had been recruited by the Stasi, the East German secret police, in 1953 and who was still active with the Stasi in the early 1980s, although he later claimed to have been a double agent.
Heidemann and his accomplice, Konrad Kujau, each spent four years in prison.
www.newsoftheodd.com /article1001.html   (507 words)

  
 UCR Libraries Website
Intrepid Stern magazine reporter Gerd Heidemann spent many years in the 1960s and 70s pursuing the identity of B. Traven, examining every lead, real or false.
Heidemann's experiences are chronicled in his book Postlagernd Tampico [General Delivery Tampico] and numerous articles.
Two B. Traven articles from the Heidemann collection, one written by Heidemann himself and one by Ferdinand Anton, who accompanied the journalist on his Traven quest one year.
library.ucr.edu /?view=collections/spcol/Traven/Case2/heidemann.html   (162 words)

  
 This Day In History>>1981 The Hitler Diaries Hoax Unfolds...........Posted by Two Spirit
Writer Gerd Heidemann meets in secret with the directors of German publishing conglomerate Gruner + Jahr.
Heidemann, who hadn't passed on all the money to his confidential source, now betrayed him again by identifying the forger as Konrad Kujau, a lifelong petty criminal.
In 1985, Heidemann and Kujau both received four-year sentences for their role in defrauding the publishing company.
www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm409135.html   (484 words)

  
 SPD Ortsverein Holzlar Hoholz
Gerd Heidemann verstarb plötzlich und unerwartet am 2.
Gerd Heidemann war seit Mai 1975 Mitglied des Rats der Stadt Bonn, seit 1961 Mitglied in der SPD.
"Gerd war immer ein Vorbild für mich. Er hatte immer ein offenes Ohr für die Menschen, war aber auch hart in der Sache und überzeugte durch sein großes Fachwissen, sein Engagement, seine Redekunst und vor allem doch seine Menschlichkeit und seinen Humor.
www.spd-holzlar.de   (1574 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Reviews for Selling Hitler: Video: Alastair Reid,Jonathan Pryce,Alexei Sayle,Alison Doody,Julie T. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jonathan Pryce is wonderful as unstable journalist Gerd Heidemann, obsessed with both the good life and Nazi memorobilia.
Heidemann acquires Hermann Goering's old yacht, but his Stern Magazine editors demand a productive story.
Heidemann has the bait, his editors take the hook.
www.amazon.ca /Selling-Hitler-Alastair-Reid/dp/customer-reviews/B00004TWZC   (594 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Gerd Heidemann": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Reporter Gerd Heidemann, in cahoots with Kujau, told his bosses that he had tracked down the diaries after an exhaustive search over several...
We were even in communication with Gerd Heidemann, the eccentric journalist for Stern magazine who marketed the forged Hitler diaries in the eighties,...
The collector had brought the documents to Gerd Heidemann, a journalist on the staff of the German news magazine Stern, which was also published by Grner and Jahr.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Gerd-Heidemann   (606 words)

  
 Konrad Kujai
But Kujau might have remained a small-time crook had he not come into contact with Gerd Heidemann.
Heidemann, whose own financial circumstances had markedly improved as the diary volumes flowed in and his employers' money flowed out, was also implicated and sent to jail.
Despite the fact that Stern's money had never been recovered, he now told the world he was in debt to the tune of £160,000 - money he owed to lawyers, court and tax officials.
www.mishalov.com /Kujau.html   (2002 words)

  
 theVoiceofReason.com - What Happened On This Day? - 18th February   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Writer Gerd Heidemann tells German publishing conglomerate Gruner + Jahr that he has discovered Adolph Hitler's diaries.
Gruner + Jahr hired handwriting experts who declared that the diaries were genuine, however these experts used a sample of forged handwriting as a reference for the writing in the diaries.
Threads attached to the fake seals were made out of polyester, a substance not used before Hitler's death and ink tests confirmed the ink was only a few years old.
www.thevoiceofreason.com /OnThisDay/February/18.htm   (423 words)

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