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Abwehr, German intelligence service, 43
Adolf Hitler as Painter and Draughtsman, 223, 232, 386
Aftermath, 79
Ainring airfield, 31
‘Alpine Redoubt’, 30
Amin, Idi, 85, 285
Applebaum, Stuart, 303
Argentina, 77, 78
Arista Records, 140, 246
Arndt, Sergeant Wilhelm, 30–2, 34, 40, 71, 72, 74, 93
Associated Newspapers, 243, 282
Associated Press, 298, 358
Associated R & R Films, 264
Aust, Stefan, 360, 372
The Australian, 264
Axmann, Arthur, 29
Ayer, A.J., 253
Bantam Books, 140, 156, 202, 209–10, 229, 231, 265, 303
Barbie, Klaus, 77, 80, 133, 163–4
Bath, Marquess of, 54, 113, 186–7, 233
Baumgart (pilot), 49
Baur, General Hans, 30, 32, 70, 72–4, 84, 90, 91, 100, 124, 125–6, 150, 255, 259, 273–4
Baur, Senta, 124, 273–4
Baur, Wilhelm, 50
Bavaria, 53–4, 158, 190, 256, 270, 325, 349
Bayer chemical company, 250, 348
BBC, 52–3, 306, 307, 339
Becker, Gerhard, 94
Bellmann, Paul, 106
Below, Nicolaus von, 316
Berchtesgaden, 30, 33–5, 44, 49, 70, 162, 343
Berghof, the, 33–5, 37–40, 49, 221, 349
Berlin Document Centre, 227
Bertelsmann AG, 199; Fischer’s enthusiasm for diary project, 101–2, 149–50, 156; expansion of, 140–1, 165; Plan 3, 201–2, 209; and the sale of syndication rights, 229, 237–8, 265; aftermath of the affair, 366
Bezymenski, Lev, 41, 45
Bild Zeitung, 306, 316, 327, 382
Bison Books, 139–40
Bissinger, Manfred, 66
Blaschke, Ulli, 110, 338
‘Blood Flag’, 160–1, 164, 274
Bluhm, Herr, 199
Boernersdorf, 31–2, 91, 92–3, 94, 97, 99, 100, 133, 156–7, 333, 343, 344–5, 347
Booms, Hans, 351, 352, 354–6
Bord Gespräche, 68, 83, 205
Bormann, Martin, 16, 23, 29, 33, 73, 192, 233, 243, 261, 334; forgeries, 15, 112, 161; signature on diaries, 23, 155; Bormann–Vermerke, 46–7, 48; search for, 49–50, 77–80, 287; Heidemann’s obsession with, 77–80, 89, 225–9, 268, 274–5, 286; Klapper’s claims, 176–7; alleged to want to authenticate diaries, 362
Boskowitz, Martha von, 37
Boston Globe, 359
Boston Herald, 264
Bracher, Karl-Dietrich, 305, 331
Braumann, Randolph (‘Congo Randy’), 60–2, 63, 66, 77, 80, 213, 375–6
Braun, Eva, 15, 53, 88, 116; last days, 33–4; papers, 34, 35–6, 38, 40; death, 34, 41–2, 44, 161; home movies, 36, 52; memorabilia, 36, 54, 184, 191, 387; alleged survival, 49; in Hitler diaries, 169, 328
Braun, Gretl, 33–5, 37–8, 43
Braunau, 162
British Army, 331
British Board of Deputies, 53
British Rhine Flotilla, 57
Brittenden, Arthur, 301, 358
Broszat, Professor, 348, 349
Broyles, William, 238, 263, 265–6, 268, 269–73, 275, 278, 283, 385
Bullock, Lord, 18, 315
Bundesarchiv (Federal Archives), 174, 178–9, 180, 192, 194–6, 202, 227, 240–1, 249, 256–7, 278, 292, 298, 305, 325, 345, 346, 349, 351, 353, 354–7, 361
Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), see West German Federal Police
Bunte, 80, 141
Cambio 16, 238
Canaris, Wilhelm, 222
Carin II (Goering’s yacht), 57–9, 63–8, 75–6, 81, 83–6, 87, 89, 90, 127, 137, 150–1, 203, 208, 369, 374
Carnegie, Dale, 185
CBS, 350
Chamberlain, Neville, 39, 112–13, 271, 310, 331
Channel Ten, 264
Chou En Lai, 60
Christian, Gerda, 44, 70–1, 233
Christian Democrats, 356
Christies of New York, 386
Churakov, Private Ivan, 41
Churchill, Sir Winston, 19, 47, 80–3, 87, 89, 189, 331, 352
CIA, 25, 377
Cold War, 25
Collins publishing company, 264
Como, Lake, 202
Craig, Gordon A., 252, 330
Dacre, Lady Rachel, 326
Daily Express, 78, 243, 344
Daily Mail, 243, 321, 327
Daladier, Édouard, 39, 271
Death of Adolf Hitler, The (film), 52
Denia, Spain, 204
Deutsche Bank, 102, 146, 166
Dickmann, Barbara, 251, 255, 268, 273–5, 369
Dietrich, General Sepp, 185
Doenitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 44, 96–7, 151
Dollmann, Major Eugen, 75–6
Domarus, Max, 167, 355, 381
Douglas-Home, Charles, 257–8, 261–2, 263, 291, 302, 307, 311, 320
DPA, German press agency, 59, 298, 357
Drittenthaler, Alfons, 110–11
Dulles, Allen, 65
DVU (German People’s Union), 212, 230, 359
East Germany: Heidemann visits Boernersdorf, 92–3, 156–7; Hitler diaries alleged to be in, 98, 99, 134; military memorabilia, 109–10; search for Nazi buried treasure, 175–6; diaries as ‘official forgery’ by, 331–2, 378; reactions to diaries, 333
Eddy, Paul, 312, 314, 316, 318
Edmiston, Mark, 279–81, 282
Eiternick, Martha, 59
Elbe, Richard, 157
Elizabeth II, Queen, 57
Engelhard, Julius, 116
English, Sir David, 243
Epp, General Ritter von, 355
Evans, Harold, 258, 262, 301
Falero, Juan, 78
Farago, Ladislas, 78, 79–80, 243, 287
Farouk, I ing of Egypt, 234
Federal Institute for Forensic Investigation, 345
Fehrs (soldier-valet), 30
Fest, Joachim C., 19, 52, 201
Fiebes, Leni, 94
Fiebes, Max, 94
The Find (Stern documentary film), 268, 273–4, 321, 333–4
Finlay, Frank, 52
Fischer (antique dealer), see Kujau, Konrad
Fischer, Manfred, 68, 149–51, 155, 157–8, 204, 210, 354, 387; enthusiasm for diary project, 100–3, 138–9; contract with Heidemann, 141; payments to Heidemann, 145–6, 148; becomes managing director of Bertelsmann, 149–50, 165, 166; diaries shown to Stern editors, 156; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 178; preparation of diaries for publication, 199, 201; sale of syndication rights, 229; aftermath of the affair, 385
Fischhorn Castle, 35, 37
Fleischer, Tilly, 50
Franco, General, 42, 179, 195, 249, 298
Frankfurt Book Fair, 52
Frei-Sulzer, Dr Max, 180, 181–2, 195–7, 202, 226, 353–4
Friedmann, Heike, 76–7
Friedmann, Joseph, 76–7
Fries, Helda, 156–7
Frost, David, 188
Der Führer, 140
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 330
Garton Ash, Timothy, 322
Der Gauleiter, 183
Gehlen, Reinhard, 111–12
Geillustreerde Pers, 291
Genoud, François, 46–7, 48, 158
Geo, 140
Gerard, Gary, 304
Gerd Heidemann: My African Wars, 84, 205
German People’s Union, see DVU
Giesing, Dr, 19
Gilbert, Martin, 83, 87
Giles, Frank, 236, 288–9, 291, 300–1, 311, 314–15, 343–4, 367, 385
Gillhausen, Rolf, 154–6, 172, 239, 241, 346, 362, 366
Goebbels, Josef, 47, 48, 112, 168, 191, 261, 312
Goebel, Erwin, 157
Goehler, Johannes, 35
Goering, Edda, 64, 67, 76
Goering, Emmy, 57
Goering, Hermann, 20, 33, 46, 192, 195; motor yacht, 54, 57–9, 63–8, 84–6, 87, 150–1; dress uniform, 86, 103, 133, 134; forged letters, 112, 179, 222, 230, 249; memorabilia, 175, 184, 185
Graham, Katherine, 266, 385
Grant, Dr Julius, 181, 366
‘Green Vault’ project, 99, 100
Grimme, Eduard, 157
Groenewold, Kurt, 383
Gruner and Jahr, 23, 92, 134; Heidemann’s agreements with, 68, 83–4; take on diary project, 100–2, 137–9, 140–1, 145–9, 379–80; advances to Heidemann, 102–3, 145–8, 157, 166, 169–70, 173, 202–3, 204–5, 211, 217, 232, 255, 337; contracts with Heidemann and Walde, 141–4, 150, 210–11, 218–19, 232; diaries shown to Stern editors, 155–6, 158; increases payment for diaries, 159–60, 169–70; Schulte-Hillen becomes head of, 165; taken in by Heidemann’s story, 171–2; sale of syndication rights, 229, 231, 237–8; legal rights to the diaries, 256–7, 280; and the serialization rights, 265, 268–9, 273, 277–81, 282, 342; aftermath of the affair, 365–6, 385
Grupo Zeta, 291
Guardian, 326
Guensche, Otto, 70, 72, 97, 161, 212–13, 214, 217
Guinness, Sir Alec, 52
Gundlfinger, Major Friedrich, 31–2, 34, 91, 93, 125, 157, 244, 259
Haffner, Sebastian, 201
Hagen, Dr, 324–5, 345, 346, 354–6
Hailsham, Lord, 340–1
Hamburg State Prosecutor, 371, 372–4
Hamilton, Charles, 181, 183
Handelsbank, Zurich, 199, 259, 270, 284
Harpprecht, Klaus, 251, 255
Hartmann, Johann, 78
Haufler, Captain Erwin, 35–6, 37–8
Hearst newspaper group, 133
Heeremann (oil millionaire), 141
Heidemann, Barbara, 62
Heidemann, Gerd: buys Goering’s boat, 54, 57–9, 63–8; background, 59–62; character, 61–3, 205–6; interest in Nazis, 63, 64–5, 67–8, 75–6; third marriage, 76–7; obsession with Bormann, 77–80, 89, 225–9, 268, 274–5, 286; Churchill–Mussolini correspondence, 80–3, 87; financial problems, 83–4, 145; tries to sell Carin II, 84–5, 87; meets Stiefel, 85–6; sees first Hitler diary, 87–9; search for diaries, 90–5, 97–8, 126; visits Boernersdorf, 92–3, 156–7; negotiations with Gruner and Jahr, 98–103; payments from Gruner and Jahr, 102–3, 145–8, 157, 166, 169–70, 173, 202–3, 204–5, 211, 217, 232, 255, 337; tracks down Kujau, 103–4, 127–9, 133–4; produces diaries, 137–9, 141, 145–9; contract with Gruner and Jahr, 141–4, 210–11, 232; steals money from Gruner and Jahr, 149; shows diaries to Mohnke, 151–2; and Hitler’s poetry, 153; diaries shown to Stern editors, 155–6; and the legal rights to diaries, 159, 256–7, 272, 280; increases price of diaries, 159–60, 169–70; spending spree, 160, 202–4; collection of Nazi memorabilia, 160–1; wants to buy Hitler’s childhood home, 161–3; convinces Schulte-Hillen, 170–2; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 174, 178–9, 181–2, 194–5; and Medard Klapper, 174–7; search for Nazi buried treasure, 175–6; preparation of diaries for publication, 199–201; Nannen becomes suspicious of, 206–8, 247–8; indiscretions, 213; and Irving’s discoveries, 216–18, 223–4; Billy Price and, 233–4; Gitta Sereny interviews, 234–5; decision to speed up publication, 238–42, 244–8; and the forensic tests, 249–51, 317; Koch learns of special payments, 254–5; publicity campaign, 255; television film, 268, 273–4; Weinberg’s inspection of the diaries, 270–2; meetings with Trevor-Roper, 284–7, 316–18; refuses to divulge source of diaries, 299–300; in Stern’s special issue, 320; Stern press conference, 320–1; Irving on, 327; press interviews, 333, 337, 343, 349; convinced of diaries’ authenticity, 336–7; Der Spiegel’s portrait of, 344–5; crisis meetings, 346–7; reveals his sources, 346–7; tries to confirm diaries’ authenticity, 349–50; forgery proved, 360–2; interrogation, 362–4, 370–1; aftermath of the affair, 368–71, 374–6; arrest, 376; trial, 381–4
Heidemann, Gina, 76–7, 103, 160, 162, 164, 171, 172, 203, 225, 232, 233, 235, 360–2, 363, 369, 375
Heidemann, Rolf, 59
Heidenholz forest, 31–2, 157
Henderson, Sir Nicholas, 318–19
Henke, Dr Josef, 178–9, 195, 196, 227–8, 249, 278, 292, 298–9, 325, 345
Hensmann, Dr Jan, 23, 155, 166; enthusiasm for diary project, 100–1; sees diaries, 137–9, 147; visits Carin II, 150–1; preparation of diaries for publication, 201; sale of syndication rights, 229; decision to speed up publication, 241; Koch learns of special payments to Heidemann, 254–5; and the serialization rights, 263, 265, 268–9, 273, 275–8, 281, 291; crisis meeting, 346; forgery proved, 356; aftermath of the affair, 384
Hepp, Michael, 158–9
Hermann (auctioneers), 84
Herzdame, 50
Hess, Ilse, 208, 219, 316
Hess, Peter, 241, 358
Hess, Rainer, 228
Hess, Rudolf, 70, 96, 185, 227, 358; peace mission, 21–2, 200–2, 212–13, 279–80, 331, 352; Plan 3, 21–2, 201–2, 208–9, 219–20, 229, 238–9, 296; Kujau’s forgeries, 112, 137, 155, 177, 259; Hess document, 178, 179, 180, 181, 192–3, 195, 196, 200–2, 249–50, 271; and the publication of the diaries, 335–6
Hess, Wolf Rudiger, 221, 335–6, 350
Hewel, Walther, 191
Heydrich, Reinhard, 60
HIAG, 378, 380
Hierl, Konstantin, 192
Hillgruber, Andreas, 334
Hilton, Ordway, 180–2, 192–4, 196–7, 353–4
Himmler, Heinrich, 37, 40, 48, 54, 64–5, 112, 133, 187, 285, 312, 386–7
Hindenburg, Paul von, 53
Hinton, Leslie, 359
Hitler, Adolf: world plan, 16–18; persisting interest in, 18–20, 25, 42–3, 49; character, 19–20; and Hess’s peace mission, 21–2, 200–1; last days, 29–34; Operation Seraglio, 32; destruction of personal papers, 33, 34–5, 40; death, 34, 41–2, 44–6, 161; letters to Eva Braun, 34, 36–7, 40; memorabilia, 34, 35–40, 53–4, 184–6, 221; rumours of diaries’ existence, 37–8; investigation of his death, 43–6; will, 46, 53, 158; Table Talk, 47, 73, 158; O’Donnell’s research, 69–74; Kujau’s forgeries, 112–14, 115–17, 120–1; paintings, 113–14, 116, 118, 134, 161, 183–7, 205, 223, 232–5, 386; forged poetry, 120–1, 135, 152–3; childhood home, 161–3; Irving’s biography of, 187–9; private testament, 267; diaries as rehabilitation attempt, 380
Hitler, Paula, 47, 158, 272
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, 315
Hitler diaries: Kujau forges, 116–17, 125–6, 136–7, 145, 146, 148–9, 167–9; Stiefel buys first, 117; Heidemann first sees, 87–9; Heidemann’s search for, 90–5, 97–8, 103–4, 126, 127, 133–4; Gruner and Jahr negotiations, 98–103; Priesack examines, 119–20; passed to Gruner and Jahr, 137–9, 141; Heidemann’s contract with Gruner and Jahr, 141–4; Heidemann produces, 145–9; Manfred Fischer and, 149–50; Mohnke sees, 151–2; shown to Stern editors, 155–6, 158; legal rights to, 158–9, 256–7, 270, 272, 280; Heidemann increases price of, 159–60, 169–70; sources, 167–8; ‘authentication’, 173–4, 177–82, 192–8, 202, 324; crudeness of forgeries, 177, 380–1; prepared for publication, 199–202, 205, 208–11; sales strategy, 209; David Irving discovers existence of, 212–18, 220–2; Sunday Times becomes interested, 217–18; sale of rights in, 229, 231–2, 237–8, 264–9, 273, 275–6, 277–81, 282, 287, 291; decision to speed up publication, 238–48; forensic tests, 240–1, 249–51, 255, 278, 292, 298–300, 316–17, 325, 345, 349; publicity campaign, 251, 255; television film, 251, 255, 268, 273–4; Trevor-Roper asked to authenticate, 252–4, 257–62; Weinberg inspects, 270–3; special edition of Stern planned, 283, 284, 288, 319–20; Murdoch plans publication, 288–91, 300–2; Stern announces discovery of, 297–8, 303–4; reactions to, 303–9, 315–16, 329–34, 340; Trevor-Roper doubts authenticity, 307–9, 310–12, 314–15; Sunday Times publishes story, 311–15, 366–8; Stern press conference, 320–6; Newsweek’s publication of, 327–9; Irving changes his mind, 338–9, 344; Sunday Times tries to prove authenticity, 342–4; Rendell’s examination, 350–1; forgery proved, 352–64; conspiracy theories, 377–81; trial, 381–4
Hitler family, 158–9, 256, 270, 272
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (film), 52
Hitler Youth, 29, 59, 232
Hitler’s Pilot, 90, 99
Hitler’s Speeches and Proclamations 1932–45, 167, 355
Hitler’s War, 19, 187–9, 339
Hitler’s Wartime Picture Magazine, 139–40
Hitler’s Weltanschauung, A Blueprint for Power, 119
Hoch, Anton, 135
Hofer, Walther, 334
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 39, 232, 235, 285, 361
Hoffmann and Campe, 48
Hoenecker, Erich, 25, 378
Horthy, Admiral, 180
Horthy telegram, 180, 181, 192, 193–4, 196, 202, 240, 249, 298
Huebner (handwriting expert), 195,196, 353–4
Hughes, Howard, 25, 197, 198
Hutchinson’s, 51, 53
Independent Newspapers (New Zealand), 264
Independent Radio News, 306
Institute of Contemporary History, Munich, 153, 174, 218, 348
International Creative Management (ICM), 231–2, 237, 303
Iquisabel, Dr, 176
Irving, Clifford, 197–8
Irving, David, 33, 229–31, 234, 239, 288, 337, 345, 348, 352, 360; Hitler’s War, 19, 187–9; search for Hitler’s letters, 36–7; sees Churchill–Mussolini correspondence, 81–3, 87; meets Priesack, 187, 189–91, 220–1; discovers existence of diaries, 212–18, 220–2; decides Priesack documents are forgeries, 222–3, 230; financial problems, 305–7, 336; denounces diaries as forgeries, 305–7, 311, 315; Stern press conference, 316, 320–3; press interviews, 327, 333–4; changes mind, 338–9, 344; forgery proved, 359; Hitler’s medical diaries, 385–6
Israeli secret service, 265, 274, 284
Izvestia, 42, 378
Jabusch, Helmut, 225
Jacobs, Eric, 288
Jaeckel, Eberhard, 118–21, 125, 135–6, 152–3, 235–6, 261, 272, 305, 321, 334–5, 352
Jahn, Peter, 233
Jakobovits, Immanuel, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, 3 30–1
James, Brian, 321
Jodl, General, 20, 44
John Paul II, Pope, 154
Josephson, Marvin, 231
Karnau, Hermann, 44
Die Katacombe, 74, 90, 99
‘Keepers of the Flame’, 70–1, 118
Keitel, Field Marshal, 44, 112
Kempka, Erich, 44, 70, 350
Kern, Xaver, 153
Kersten, Dr Felix, 48
Kirkpatrick, Jeanne, 25, 332
Kissinger, Henry, 210, 231
Klapper, Medard, 174–7, 213, 225, 227–9, 362, 380
Kleenau (auctioneers), 117
Klein, Dietrich, 372–4
Kleist, Field Marshal Ewald von, 180
Kleist document, 180, 192, 194, 196, 240, 249–50
Knightley, Phillip, 213–14, 288–91, 301, 302–3, 311–14
Koch, Peter, 154, 172, 200, 328, 345; relations with Heidemann, 89–90, 92, 100, 226; diaries concealed from, 100, 101–2; diaries shown to, 155–6; suspicions of Heidemann, 208; decision to speed up publication, 238–41; publicity campaign, 251, 255; learns of Heidemann’s payments, 254–5; Trevor-Roper asked to authenticate diaries, 23, 260; reassures Barbara Dickmann, 275; and the serialization rights, 275, 283, 287–8; Trevor-Roper quotations, 276–7; and the forensic tests, 299; and Trevor-Roper’s suspicions, 317, 318; Stern press conference, 321–4; press interviews, 333–4, 335, 339, 350; bitterness about Newsweek, 334–5; second Hitler issue, 352; forgery proved, 353; dismissal, 366; aftermath of the affair, 385
Kohl, Helmut, 356
Koller, General, 46
Konrad, Franz, 36–8
Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’), 319
Krosigk, Schwerin von, 46
Krueger, Else, 73
Kubik, Milan, 271, 272, 275
Kubizek, August, 98, 99, 246, 307
Kuby, Erich, 75–6, 80–1, 83
Kuehsel, Peter, 102–3, 145–6, 166, 337
Kuhn, Axel, 135
Kujau, Konrad (alias Dr Fischer): Heidemann tracks down, 90, 97–8, 103–4, 127–9, 133–4; background, 105–11; forgeries, 107, 111–14, 120–1; collection of Nazi memorabilia, 109–11, 204; sells forgeries to Stiefel, 115–16; forges diaries, 116–17, 136–7, 145, 146, 148–9, 167–9; Priesack examines diaries, 119–20; forges Hitler’s poetry, 120–1, 135, 152–3; mistress, 122; police investigations, 123–4; learns of plane crash, 125–6; claims to have Hitler diaries, 125–6; Jaeckel accuses of forgery, 13 5–6; sells Nazi memorabilia to Heidemann, 160–1; crudeness of forgeries, 177; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 179, 180, 194, 197–8; and Irving’s discovery of the diaries, 216, 217; forgeries of Hitler’s paintings, 113–14, 116, 118, 134, 161, 233–4, 386; and Heidemann’s pursuit of Bormann, 227–8; Heidemann protects, 244; other Hitler forgeries, 245–7; and the forensic tests, 250–1, 317; delivers final diaries, 337–8; forgery proved, 359–60; discovery of, 363–4, 370–3; arrest, 25–6, 373–4, 375; conspiracy theories for the fraud, 379–81; trial, 381–4
Kujau, Richard, 105
Kummer, Jochen, 316
Kunst dem Volk (Nazi magazine), 66
Laackman, Captain Anton, 227–8
Lang, Jochen von, 64, 78–9
Langen Mueller publishing company, 218, 231
Laqueur, Walter, 188
Last Days of Hitler, The, 22, 69, 252, 259
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 64, 151–2
Leonding (Hitler’s childhood home), 161–3
Lieberson, Sandy, 52
Lieblang, Edith, 106–10, 117, 122, 124, 127, 129, 133–4, 136–7, 148, 167, 172, 204, 338, 360, 372, 373, 381, 384
Lieblang Cleaning Company, 108, 109, 116, 122
Life, 303–4
Linge, Heinz, 46, 70, 71, 72, 75, 271
Linklater, Magnus, 214, 217–18, 235–6, 288, 300–2, 312–14, 342
London Standard, 325
Long, Gerald, 263, 264, 276, 277
Longleat, 113, 186–7
Lorret, Jean, 50
Lubbe, Marinus van der; 377–8
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, 246, 247
Lufthansa, 157
Luftwaffe, Graves Registration organization, 73
Lutje, Gunther, 203
MacArthur, Brian, 243, 314–15, 316, 318, 337, 367
McCloskey, Robert J., 385
McGraw-Hill Ltd, 25, 197–8
Macmillan, Harold, 252
Macmillan|Publishers, 222, 223
Mador, William, 238
Mail on Sunday, 243, 307, 315, 316
Marc, Franz, 113
Margaret, Princess, 67
Maser, Werner, 158–9, 161–2, 256, 305, 331, 348, 352
Mayer, Sidney, 140
Mein Kampf, 51, 53, 98, 99, 102, 116, 128, 139, 141, 158, 215, 259, 270, 330, 373
Mengele, Josef, 77, 82, 177
Menzel, Herybert, 135
Milch, Field Marshal, 81, 185
Miesbach, 349–50
Misch, Sergeant Rochus, 30, 71, 74
Mittelstrasser, Frau, 37–8
Modritsch, Maria, 122–3, 338, 360, 372, 373, 374
Mohn, Reinhard, 101, 149–50, 165, 288, 354, 365–6
Mohnke, General Wilhelm, 64, 65, 67, 74, 75, 77, 78, 84, 96–7, 151–2, 161, 213, 320
Moller, Peter, 203
Mondadori Publishers, 238, 291
Montgomery, Field Marshal, 57
Morell, Dr, 19
‘Mountain People’, 70, 75
Moynahan, Brian, 343
Murdoch, Rupert, 236, 244, 267, 379, 385; negotiations for diaries, 16, 24, 263–5, 269, 273, 275–6, 277–81, 282–3, 287; takes personal interest in diaries, 258, 261–2; plans publication, 288–91, 300–2; disregards Trevor-Roper’s doubts, 315, 342; forensic tests, 357; forgery proved, 358; comments on diary affair, 368
Mussolini, Benito, 35, 72, 75, 89, 271, 285, 323, 328; alleged correspondence with Churchill, 80–3, 87; treasure, 202; telegram, 278, 298–9, 320–1; forged diaries, 289–90, 301, 302, 366
Mussolini, Vittorio, 289, 290
Nannen, Henri, 89, 92, 101, 154–5, 284; founds Stern, 59–60; visits Carin II, 66–7; publishing agreement with Heidemann, 67–8, 75, 83; diaries concealed from, 139; and Plan 3, 200–1, 220; suspicions of Heidemann, 206–8, 247–8; decision to speed up publication, 238–9, 241–2; crisis meetings, 346, 348; press statement, 348–9; forgery proved, 356, 358; interrogation of Heidemann, 362–3; aftermath of the affair, 366, 371–2, 378
National Enquirer, 304, 386
NATO, 331, 333
Nazis: evacuation from Berlin, 30–2; neo-Nazism, 51; Heidemann’s interest in, 63, 64–5, 67–8, 75–6; Stern’s interest in, 66–7, 70, 75–6; refugees in South America, 77–80; memorabilia, 84–6, 87–8, 111–12, 160, 175, 183–7, 386–7; Heidemann’s search for buried treasure of, 175–6; et passim
NBC, 323, 359
Nesbit, Lynn, 231–2, 238, 241, 303
Neville Rare Books, 386
New Republic, 322
New York Daily News, 78
New York Post, 264, 386
New York Review of Books, 188
New York Times, 25, 232, 238, 282, 301, 303, 304, 306, 329, 361, 368, 378, 385
News International, 263, 265, 268–9, 273, 275–6, 278–81, 282, 291, 342, 358, 368, 381
Newsweek, 24, 44, 69, 232, 238, 241, 252, 263, 265–73, 275, 277–81, 282–3, 287–8, 291, 304–5, 306, 323, 327–9, 334–5, 350, 353, 385, 386
Norshe Presse, 291
Nuremberg rallies, 190
Nuremberg Trials, 158
Observer, 189, 306–7, 315, 341
Odessa network, 67
O’Donnell, James P., 44–5, 69–74, 75, 90, 100
Oldenhage, Dr Klaus, 178–9, 249, 256–7
Operation Nursery, 43
Operation Seraglio, 30–2, 73
Osborn, Osborn and Osborn, 197
‘Pact of Steel’, 82
Paeschke, Olaf, 201–2, 209, 229
El Pais, 238
Panorama (German television programme), 360, 372
Panorama (Italian magazine), 291
Panvini, Amalia, 289
Pardon, 52
Paris Match, 238, 291, 332
Parker, Maynard, 238, 252, 263, 265–8, 269–73, 275, 278, 283, 304, 328, 353, 385
Peale, Norman Vincent, 185
Pesch, Leo, 89, 202, 213, 238, 296, 349, 381; Plan 3, 201–2, 208–9, 219; preparation of diaries for publication, 199, 200, 205; and Irving’s discovery of the diaries, 217; contract, 219; and Heidemann’s pursuit of Bormann, 226–7; decision to speed up publication, 241–2; publicity campaign, 255; interrogation of Heidemann, 369–71; aftermath of the affair, 385
Petacci, Clara, 81
Phillips, Son & Neale, 386
Pickering, Sir Edward, 252, 263
Plan 3, 21–2, 201–2, 208, 219–20, 229, 231–2, 237, 238–9, 241, 258, 282
Plumb, J. H., 18
Portage to San Cristobal of A.H., The, 188
Potsdam Conference, 42
Potter, Elaine, 343
Price, Billy F., 54, 113, 118, 183–7, 189, 214, 223, 232–4, 386
Priesack, August, 117–20, 125–6, 183, 186–7, 189–91, 212, 214–18, 220–4, 230, 360, 386
Profil, 337
Puttnam, David, 52
Quick, 80, 141, 378
Radio Moscow, 25, 332–3, 340, 377
Rattenhuber, Hans, 72
Raubel, Geli, 114
Rauff, Walter, 77
Red Army, 17
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), 37
Reitsch, Hanna, 75
Rendell, Kenneth, 350–1, 353
Rentz, Dr Arnold, 278, 292, 298, 317, 320–1, 336
Reuters, 24, 263, 298, 305, 306, 375
Rhineland–Pfalz police, 194–5, 196, 200
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 20, 184, 191
Richthofen, Field Marshal, 191
Riefenstahl, Leni, 53, 66
Roehm, Ernst, 319
Rommel, Field Marshal, 123, 133, 184
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 47
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 19, 331
Rosenberg, Alfred, 112
Rothermere, Lord, 243
Rowse, A. L., 326
Rudel, Hans-Ulrich, 230
Ruppert, Dr Andreas, 158, 354–6
Ryder, Lord, 243
Samson, Alan, 222
Schaich, Siegmund, 110
Schaub, Julius, 32–3, 192
Schirach, Baldur von, 232
Schirach, Henriette Hoffmann von, 232–3
Schladming, 36
Schlesinger, Arthur Jr, 45
Schmidt, Felix, 154–5, 172, 200; first sees diaries, 155–6; Plan 3, 208–9, 210, 238–9; and Heidemann’s pursuit of Bormann, 226; decision to speed up publication, 241; learns of special payments to Heidemann, 255; announces discovery of diaries, 297; and the forensic tests, 299; Stern press conference, 321; crisis meeting, 346; press statement, 348–9; forgery proved, 358–9; interrogation of Heidemann, 362–3; dismissal, 366; aftermath of the affair, 385
Schmidt, Helmut (quarryman), 343
Schmidt-Ehmen, Frau, 233
Schroeder, Christa, 44, 70, 73, 189, 233, 316
Schulte-Hillen, Gerd, 173, 237, 284; first sees diaries, 165–6; payments to Heidemann, 169–70, 254–5; fooled by Heidemann’s stories, 170–2; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 178; preparation of diaries for publication, 174, 199–201; contracts with Heidemann and Walde, 205, 210–11, 218–19; relations with Heidemann, 205–6, 207–8; and the serialization rights, 229, 277–81, 282–3, 287–8; decision to speed up publication, 239, 241–7; and the legal rights to the diaries, 256, 280; and the forensic tests, 299–300; warned of risks in publishing diaries, 324–5; crisis meetings, 345–7; press statement, 348–9; forgery proved, 353–4, 356; interrogation of Heidemann, 362–3; offers resignation, 365–6; aftermath of the affair, 385
Schultze, Flying Officer, 31, 32
Schulze, Wolfgang, 110–11, 117
Schulze-Kossens, Richard, 70, 97, 316
Schustermann, Hannelore, 204, 278
Schweizer Bankgesellschaft, Zurich, 284
Searby, Richard, 263, 264, 276, 277
Sereny, Gitta, 117, 234–6, 302, 337, 343, 361–2, 363, 380
Seufert, Michael, 363, 364, 369–70
Shirer, William L., 330
Shuh, Hans, 348
Signal, 140
Simon and Schuster, 79
Siri, Rudolfo, 78
SMERSH, 42
Snyder, Charles, 54, 387
Sonnenburg, Rohl, 78
Sorge, Wilfried, 93, 134, 150, 170, 205, 227, 266, 268, 345; first hears of diaries, 91–2, 100–2; sees diaries, 138–9; contract with Heidemann, 141–3; payments to Heidemann, 145–7, 166; diaries shown to Stern editors, 155–6; meets Medard Klapper, 174, 176; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 23, 180–2, 194, 259–60; preparation of diaries for publication, 200, 209–10; sale of rights to the diaries, 229, 231–2, 237–8, 269, 276, 279, 281, 282, 291; decision to speed up publication, 241–5, 248; publicity campaign, 251, 255; and Rupert Murdoch, 264; and Weinberg’s inspection of the diaries, 271–2; aftermath of the affair, 385
Sotheby’s, 113
South America, 77–80, 163
Soviet Union, 17; and Hitler’s death, 41–2, 45–6, 72; reactions to diaries, 332–3, 377–8
Spacil, Colonel Wilhelm, 37, 38
Spain, 204
Speer, Albert, 22, 44, 70, 185, 186, 235
Der Spiegel, 200, 306, 327, 344–5
Spoegler, Franz, 80–1, 83
SS, 44, 65, 77, 141, 157, 175, 285, 349–50, 378
Stalin, Josef, 19, 41–2, 200, 328
Stangl, Franz, 234
Steiner, George, 188, 330
Steiner, Rolf, 85
Stern, 52, 127, 134, 140; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 15–16, 20–4, 173–4, 177–82, 192–8, 202, 259–62; Heidemann works for, 58, 59–63; character of, 59–60, 66; interest in Nazism, 66–7, 70, 75–6; and the search for Bormann, 78–9, 226; finances Heidemann’s trip to South America, 80; sceptical of Heidemann’s claims, 88–9; and Heidemann’s search for Hitler diaries, 90–4, 100; Hitler diaries concealed from, 101–2, 139, 146–7, 149; Heidemann’s contract, 142–3; prints Hitler’s ‘poetry’, 152–3; shown Hitler diaries, 155–6, 158; and the legal rights to the diaries, 158–9, 256–7, 280; uses Heidemann’s interview with Barbie, 163–4; Medard Klapper and, 174, 176; preparation of diaries for publication, 199–202; suspicions of Heidemann, 208; and Plan 3, 208–9, 220; sale of rights to diaries, 24, 231–2, 263–5, 275–6, 277–81, 282–3, 287, 291; decision to speed up publication, 238–48; and the forensic tests, 249–51, 316–17, 349; publicity campaign, 251, 255; Trevor-Roper quotations, 276–7; Hitler issue, 283, 284, 288, 319–20; announces discovery of diaries, 297–8, 303–4; press conference, 315, 316, 319, 320–6; television interviews, 333–4, 335; crisis meetings, 345–8; press statement, 348–9; second Hitler issue, 352; forgery proved, 25, 353–64; interrogation of Heidemann, 362–4; aftermath of the affair, 365–72, 384; and the trial, 383–4
Stern, J. P., 19, 51, 330
Stern Report, 80, 147, 150, 194, 281, 318, 366, 384
Steven, Stewart, 78, 243
Stiefel, Fritz, 93–4, 124, 127, 184, 230, 233, 336, 360; meets Heidemann, 85–6; first Hitler diary, 87–8, 90, 117, 125, 134; collection of Hitler memorabilia, 115–16; seeks expert opinion on his collection, 117–21; Kujau learns of plane crash from, 125–6; and Hitler’s poetry, 135–6, 152–3; and Irving’s discoveries, 216, 217, 223; Irving tracks down, 220–2; aftermath of the affair, 386
Stigwood, Robert, 264
Stolpsee, 175–6
Stone, Norman, 366–7
Strasser, Steven, 305, 323
Strauss, Franz Josef, 377
Stumpfegger, Ludwig, 79
Stuttgarter Zeitung, 216
Sunday Express, 46, 243
Sunday Mirror, 306
Sunday Telegraph, 53
Sunday Times, 38, 77, 117, 213–14, 217–18, 228, 234–6, 243, 262, 264, 288–91, 300–2, 306, 311–16, 337, 342–4, 357–8, 363, 366–8, 378, 379, 380
Swastika (documentary film), 52
Tass, Soviet news agency, 333
Tawney, R. H., 253
Taylor, A. J. P., 48, 292, 330
Tempo Der Watt, 49–50
Terry, Anthony, 312, 316, 318
Thatcher, Margaret, 252
Thieme, Wolf, 242, 244, 275, 348, 363
Thomsen, Axel, 58–9, 64, 203
Thomson Organization, 289–90
Tiefenthaeler, Jakob, 84–5, 86, 90, 93–5, 97, 124–6, 127–8
Tikhvinski, Sergei, 332
Time, 53, 232, 238, 265, 266, 282, 303, 328
The Times, 15, 50, 96, 243, 252, 257–8, 260–2, 264, 273, 283, 288, 291, 292, 295–7, 302, 304, 310–11, 330–1, 335, 344, 359
Times Newspapers, 243, 252, 262, 282, 290, 300–2, 322
Tobias, Fritz, 377
Toland, John, 19
Traven, B., 62–3, 206
Trenker, Luis, 49
Treuke, Horst, 220
Trevor-Roper, Hugh (Lord Dacre), 263, 283, 290, 337, 340–1, 348, 352, 359; authenticates diaries, 15–16, 20–4, 252–4, 257–62, 302–3; background, 43, 47–8, 252–3; investigation of Hitler’s death, 43–6; and the search for Bormann, 79; quotations, 276–7; suspicions of Heidemann, 284–7, 316–18; article for The Times, 291, 292, 295–7, 304–5; doubts authenticity of diaries, 307–9, 310–12, 314–15; Stern press conference, 315, 316, 319, 320–2, 325–6; television interviews, 334; aftermath of the affair, 386
Triumph of the Will (film), 53
UK Press Awards, 302
United Press International (UPI), 298, 359
United States of America, interest in Nazi memorabilia, 183–6
US Army, 36, 184
US Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC), 36–8, 46, 52, 343
US Marine and Signal Corps, 52
Vikinger Jugend, 359
Völkischer Beobachter, 119, 214–15
Voss, Admiral, 72
Wagner, Eva, 233
Wagner, Richard, 363, 371, 372
Walde, Thomas, 127, 166, 170, 213, 296, 381; search for Hitler diaries, 89–95, 97–8; negotiations with Gruner and Jahr, 98–102; produces Hitler diaries, 137–9, 147; contract with Gruner and Jahr, 142, 150, 210–11, 218–19; suspects diaries are forgeries, 153; shows diaries to Stern editors, 155–6; and the ‘authentication’ of the diaries, 173–4, 177, 178–82, 194–5, 202; meets Medard Klapper, 174, 176; preparation of diaries for publication, 199–201, 205; Plan 3, 201–2, 208–9, 219; and Heidemann’s pursuit of Bormann, 226–7; decision to speed up publication, 238–42; and the forensic tests, 249–51, 255, 278, 298–9; publicity campaign, 255; Stern press conference, 321; crisis meeting, 346; interrogation of Heidemann, 363, 369–70; aftermath of the affair, 385
Walther, Herbert, 140
Washington Post, 303, 304, 350, 385
Watt, Donald, 330
Waugh, Evelyn, 253, 314
Webb, Colin, 15–16, 243, 252, 253–4, 283, 311
Weber-Richter, Franz, 50
Wehrmachtsauskunftstelle, 90–1
Weinberg, Gerhard, 252, 266–8, 269–73, 304–5, 323–4, 328, 334
Weiss, Hermann, 218
Die Welt, 340, 365
Werner, Dr Louis, 249–51, 255
West German state archives, see Bundesarchiv
West German Federal Police (BKA), 173–4, 202, 240–1, 249–51, 255, 298
Westermeier, Franz, 94, 157
Whale, John, 313
White, Brigadier Dick, 43
Wickman, Peter, 21–3, 243, 252, 258, 263, 273, 276–7, 311
Wieland the Blacksmith, 98, 99, 246–7
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 63
Will, George F., 379
Wilson, Charles, 243
Windsor, Duke of, 352
Winter, Anni, 53–4
Wochenend, 49
Wolf, Johanna, 44, 70
Wolfe, Louis, 202, 229, 303
Wolff, General Karl, 64–5, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 82, 84, 133, 160, 163, 213, 235, 255, 285
Young, George, 332
Young, Hugh, 300–1
ZDF, German TV network, 333–4, 339
Zeisberg, Herr, 251
Zimmermann, Friedrich, 356–7, 361
Zollkriminalinstitut, 173–4