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World Service,25 Apr 2011,10 mins

The Hitler diaries hoax

Witness History

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In 1983 a German magazine believed it had found Hitler's wartime diary. It sold the rights to other papers including the Times in London. Journalist Phillip Knightley doubted their authenticity from the start.

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