Synopsis
The fallout from the Sunday Times's publication of bogus Hitler diaries in 1983.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 3
- Episode: 03: Hitler Diaries
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
- History
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