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The History PodcastThe Hitler Diaries ScandalEpisodes

  1. Today13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    4. Fried Potatoes and Forgery

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

  2. Tomorrow13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    5. Money for Old Roper

    5/11Stern magazine is making frenzied preparations to launch its scoop of the century.

  3. Monday13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    6. Final Proofs

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

  4. Tuesday13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    7. An Opera Set for Hell

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

  5. Next Wednesday13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    8. Bunker Mentality

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

  6. Next Thursday13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    9. The Trial

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

  7. Next Friday13:45
    BBC Radio 4

    10. Downfall

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