Selling Hitler

by Robert Harris

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