‘It will be a great hoax in the history of mankind’: How fake Hitler diaries fooled the British press

In April 1983, a German magazine, Stern, and a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to have made one of the century’s most extraordinary historical discoveries. In fact, it was one of the century’s most extraordinary hoaxes – and the scandal that followed cost millions and ruined reputations.

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