The man who admitted to forging the “Hitler diaries” published in 1983 died of stomach cancer at 62. A gallery owner and painter, Konrad Kujau gained notoriety 17 years ago after it was revealed he had counterfeited 60 volumes purported to be Hitler’s personal diaries.
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