[wickedpinto]

I thought Rupert Murdoch paid for the Hitler diaries, and published them in one of his brittish papers.

[tarzantheapeman]

I thought Rupert Murdoch paid for the Hitler diaries, and published them in one of his brittish papers.


My mistake. It was Stern that paid the forger (Konrad Kujau) millions of dollars. The others were taken in by the forgaries too, which at one time had been authenticated by some leading authorities on somewhat flimsy data.
For a good read on the subject, check-out Robert Harris's book "Selling Hitler: the extraordinary story of the con job of the century - the faking of the Hitler diaries" (New York: Pantheon Books, 1986).