Konrad Kujau

German author

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Konrad Kujau was a German author, best known as the forger behind the infamous Hitler Diaries. Posing as an antiques dealer, Kujau produced 60 volumes of diaries purportedly written by Adolf Hitler between 1981 and 1983. The West German magazine Stern purchased these diaries for millions, believing them to be authentic. However, investigations quickly revealed them to be forgeries, with Kujau having artificially aged the paper and ink. He was eventually arrested, convicted of fraud, and sentenced to prison. After his release, Kujau continued to create and sell forgeries, including paintings attributed to famous artists.

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Hitler Diaries
…produced between 1981–83 by forger Konrad Kujau, who posed as a Stuttgart antiques dealer named Konrad Fischer, and who had previously forged and sold paintings also purportedly by Hitler. Believing the diaries were authentic—rescued from a plane that had crashed in East Germany at the end of the war and…
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…produced between 1981–83 by forger Konrad Kujau, who posed as a Stuttgart antiques dealer named Konrad Fischer, and who had previously forged and sold paintings also purportedly by Hitler. Believing the diaries were authentic—rescued from a plane that had crashed in East Germany at the end of the war and…
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