German dealer admits forging Hitler diaries hoax tied to reporter
Konrad Kujau, jailed dealer of Nazi artifacts, admits forging the diaries and claims Stern reporter Gerd Heidemann helped. Police arrested Heidemann who denies involvement, faces possible fraud charges. Stern says it paid $3.75 million and provided documents to prosecutors.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Stern Magazine
Konrad Kujau
Stere
Gerd Heidemann
Peter Beck
Heideman
Kujau
Heidemann
Egon Geis
Geis
Bild Zeitung
Adolf Hitler
Beck
Luftwaffe
Hermann Goering
Stern
Gina
Henri Nannen
Nannen
Rolf Schmidt- Diemitz
Diary scam case in West Germany unsettles heirs of Nazi relics
A dealer of Nazi artifacts vanished after the Federal Archives labeled three Heidemann Kujau diaries obvious fakes. Kujau surrendered May 14 claiming innocence as middleman. Heidemann named Kujau. both held in investigative custody with no bail or court dates set, amid fraud complaints and questions over fuelled origin.
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Federal Archives
Stern
Heidemann
Kujau
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Plainclothes marshals deter hijackers on flights nationwide
Miami AP reports armed plainclothes marshals began flying randomly chosen flights across Miami Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach Key West and Puerto Rico to deter hijackers amid three recent Cuba bound hijackings this month The program aims to deter edges rather than catch hijackers and underscores security checkpoints and gun seizures since the 1970s.
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Miami
Jack Barker
Federal Aviation Administration
Fort Lauderdale
West Palm Beach
Key West
Puerto Rico
Barker
Sky Pirates
Sky Marshal
Alley
Cuba
San Juan
Hector Gonzalez
FAA
New York
Gonzalez
Freedom Flotilla
Eastern Airlines
Miami-New York
FBI
Swiss scientist missing in Bethesda area
Montgomery County police search for Rudolph Walter Platzer a 35 year old Swiss scientist missing from his Corsica Drive home since May 19. He left for work on his bicycle and never arrived. a bicycle was found in Cabin John Regional Park the next day. Police seek information call 565 5830.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Rudolph Walter Platzer
Corsica Drive
Uniform Services
University of Health Sciences
Jones Bridge Road
Navy Medical Center
Cabin John
Dr. Platzer
Platzer
United States
Platter
Dr. Platter
Montgomery County Bethesda
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