The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 17, April 25, 2004, Article 18

HITLER DIARIES SOLD

  Not all fakes are worthless, as most numismatists are aware.
  The same thing holds in literature.  While not numismatic, our
  readers may be interested to learn of the recent sale of a
  20-year-old fake diary:

  "A volume of the forged diaries of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
  which fooled the world in 1983 fetched $7,700 in a Berlin
  auction on Friday.

  Forger, painter and military antiques dealer Konrad Kujau,
  who died in 2000, copied Hitler's handwriting and sold 60
  volumes of the diary to Stern magazine for about $5 million.

  The manuscript is the last in the series, with the final entry
  dated April 30, 1945, the day Hitler committed suicide with
  Eva Braun in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed."

  "Included with the auctioned volume is a hand-written
  document -- also forged -- certifying the authenticity of the
  writings, "signed" by Hitler and several other top Nazis."

  To read the full story, see the Reuters new site: Full Article

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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