Robert Harris - Selling Hitler

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