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b'In the last episode, Gerd Heidemann was working on the scoop of the century after finding Hitler\'s lost diaries. Once they were published, they were quickly outed as fakes. While everyone was pointing their fingers at Heidemann, he was insisting the person he bought them from had to be the guilty party. So, who was behind the fakes?

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Sources:
\\u201cSelling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries\\u201d - Robert Harris. Published March 12, 1986
National Post - Sept 19, 2000 - \\u201cAudacious Forger of Hitler Diaries Fooled Magazine Out of $5.2 million\\u201d
The Observer - Dec 16, 1984 - \\u201cThe Hoax that Nearly Made History\\u201d
The Indianapolis Star - May 11, 1983 - \\u201cHitler\\u2019s Diaries Reporter Fired By German Magazine\\u201d
Detroit Free Press - Mary 28, 1983 - \\u201cDealer Admits Forging Hitler Diaries\\u201d

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