West Germany: Black Ink and Red Wax Swastikas

A cache of purported Hitler diaries comes to light

When Adolf Hitler shot himself in his Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945, he left behind few written documents about either his public or private life. The gap may now be filled. The weekly West German magazine Stern has announced that it obtained 62 volumes of personal diaries that the Führer had written by hand during his dozen years in power. The new documents could prove immensely valuable to historians studying Hitler's personality and actions.

Stern (circ. 1.87 million) this week will publish the first of numerous installments from the black leather-bound diaries,...

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