The History Podcast The Hitler Diaries Scandal Episodes Episode guide

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1. 10. Downfall

   10/11 Andrew Hunter Murray tracks down Hitler’s faked diaries to the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz.

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2. 9. The Trial

   9/11 Everything is falling apart for Gerd Heidemann and the heat is on forger Konrad Kujau.

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3. 8. Bunker Mentality

   8/11 Stern magazine digs in, sticking by their story and their journalist Gerd Heidemann.

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4. 7. An Opera Set for Hell

   7/11 The world’s media is assembled, awaiting the ‘scoop of the century’.

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5. 6. Final Proofs

   6/11 Stern is just putting the final touches to its coverage and its promotional film.

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6. 5. Money for Old Roper

   5/11 Stern magazine is making frenzied preparations to launch its scoop of the century.
7. 4. Fried Potatoes and Forgery

   4/11 The forger Konrad Kujau and the journalist Gerd Heidemann are about to come face to face.
8. 3. Champagne Connie

   3/11 Andrew Hunter Murray travels to the scene of the crime where the forger ran his business.
9. 2. The Bloodhound

   2/11 Star reporter for Stern magazine, Gerd Heidemann, is entertaining old Nazis on his boat.
10. 1. The Crash

    1/11 21 April, 1945, Eastern Germany, a plane crashes. Rumours spread about Hitler's diaries.
11. Trailer

    1/11 An astonishing tale of greed, obsession and mass delusion told by Andrew Hunter Murray.