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
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
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