The Hitler Diaries: History's Greatest Hoaxes
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Forbidden History presents History's Greatest Hoaxes: The Hitler Diaries (Extended)
In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the case of the Hitler Diaries which purported to be sixty-two volumes of Adolf Hitler's personal journals. Convinced of their reality, Rupert Murdoch paid over a half a million dollars to publish them. The hoax turned out to be one of the greatest case of fraud ever done to a newspaper.
Cast List:
Gerd Heidemann: Former Reporter, Die Stern
Guy Walters - Author & Historian
Dr. Linda Papadopoulos: Author & Psychologist
Alex Boese: Author, The World's Greatest Hoaxes
Marcus Brigstocke: Author & Comedian
Magnus Linklater: Former News Editor, The Sunday Times
Gerhard Klussmeier: Author, The True Face of Konrad Kujau
Peter Hoffman: Museum of Contemporary History, Bonn
Eric Meyers: Narrator
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