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January 19, 2021 - Droog Magazine periodical for investigative journalism

The Hitler Forgery Industry

The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazi criminals.

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February 2020 - Hitler the composer?
March 2020 - More fakes; auction in the UK
April 2020 - Fake 'liberation' painting in the NL
July 2020 -
Hitler, Eva Braun & Nerin E. Gun (USA)
August 2020
- Knacks with fake Hitlers (USA/UK)

September 2020 - Hitler's diamonds (NL)
October 2020 -
A fraudulent postcard (D)
November 2020 -
Forgeries gallore (USA)
December 2020 - More fakes at Hermann Historica (D)


This is only a selection of the media reports; duplicate articles are not mentioned. Articles in bold are recommended.



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February 2020 - Hitler the composer?


Hitler: "Prägende Jahre eines Diktators". Wissenschaft. ORF, Wien, 19-02-2020.
https://noe.orf.at/stories/3035263/

AFP. Hitler's Operatic Efforts Go on Display in Austria. Courthouse News Service, 28-02-2020.
https://www.courthousenews.com/hitlers-operatic-efforts-go-on-display-in-austria/

Celine Jankowiak. Hitler's attempt at an opera goes on display for the first time in Austria. The Times of Israel, 29-02-2020.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hitlers-attempt-at-an-opera-goes-on-display-for-the-first-time-in-austria/

Katrin Nussmayr. Als Hitler noch vom Lottosieg träumte. Die Presse, Wien, 29-02-2020.
https://www.diepresse.com/5776657/als-hitler-noch-vom-lottosieg-traumte

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March 2020 - No, Hitler-not-the-composer.

Sven-Felix Kellerhoff. War Hitler doch schon vor dem ersten Welrkrieg Antisemit? Welt, Berlin, 01-03-2020.
https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article206219535/Neue-Quellenfunde-War-Hitler-schon-vor-1914-Antisemit.html
Katrin Nussmayr. Hitlers "arisiertes" Aquarell: Eine Fälschung in St. Pölten? Zweifel an Echtheit. Die Presse, Wien, 02-03-2020.
https://www.diepresse.com/5778119/hitlers-arisiertes-aquarell-eine-falschung-in-st-polten

Opera Work by Hitler Revealed at Exhibition in Austria. Asharq Al-Awsat, London, 04-03-2020.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2161956/opera-work-hitler-revealed-exhibition-austria.

Sven-Felix Kellerhoff. Dieses "Göring-Original" dürfte ein echter Kujau sein. Welt, Berlin, 05-03-2020.
https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article206343937/NS-Schund-Goering-Original-duerfte-ein-echter-Kujau-sein.html

Hitler versuchte sich auch als Opernkomponist. Südwestrundfunk (SWR) Stuttgart, 06-03-2020.
https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/hitler-wollte-oper-komponieren-100.html


Bart FM Droog. Hitler's antisemitism shown on Viennese watercolor? Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 12-03-2020.
http://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/hitler-alleged-antisemitism-on-watercolor.html

Bart FM Droog. 'Hitlers' on sale in Kent (...) Update: 'Hitlers' withdrawn. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 13/15-03-2020.
http://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/hitlers-in-the-uk.html

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April 2020 - Fake liberation painting (NL)


Bart FM Droog. Hoe Hitler uit Enschede verdween. Reporters Online, Haarlem, 07-04-2020.
https://reportersonline.nl/hoe-hitler-uit-enschede-verdween/



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July 2020 - Hitler, Eva Braun & Nerin E. Gun (USA)

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. Report on the alleged Hitler drawing to be auctioned by Alexander Historical Auctions (...). Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 15-07-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/report-on-auction-of%20hitler-drawing-july-2020.pdf

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August 2020 - Knacks with fake Hitlers (USA/UK) and Hitlers diamonds (NL)

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. Knacks with fake Hitlers. The fake Adolf Hitler watercolors sold as "authentic" by Charles E. Snyder for £115,000 to Jake and Dinos Chapman, late 2007/early 2008. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 08-08-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2008/knacks-with-fake-hitlers.pdf

Bart FM Droog. Kunstjes met valse Hitlers: shock-art project uit 2008 blijkt gebouwd op bedrog. Reporters Online, Haarlem, 09-08-2020.
https://reportersonline.nl/kunstjes-met-valse-hitlers-shock-art-project-uit-2008-blijkt-gebouwd-op-bedrog/

In August 2020 a book, titled
Hitlers diamanten (Hitler's diamonds) was published in the Netherlands, which allegedly contained information about Hitler's and Eva Braun's grave and an enormous Nazi treasure, supposedly hidden under a village church in Austria. The true message of the book was however a bizarre anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Making it one of the most extreme excesses of the Hitler forgery industry. After we and other media reported about it, the publisher withdrew the book.

Bart FM Droog & Jaap van den Born. Het boek 'Hitlers diamanten' is antisemitisch geraaskal. The Post Online, Woerden, 31-08-2020.
https://tpo.nl/2020/08/31/het-boek-hitlers-diamanten-is-antisemitisch-geraaskal/


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September 2020 - Hitlers diamonds withdrawn (NL)
 

Bas Paternotte & Bart FM Droog. Bol.com haalt antisemitisch boek 'Hitlers diamanten' uit assortiment. Boek van uitgeverij Aspekt staat boordevol antisemitische complottheorieën. The Post Online, Woerden, 01-09-2020.
https://tpo.nl/2020/09/01/bol-com-haalt-antisemitisch-boek-hitlers-diamanten-uit-assortiment/

Kritiek op boek 'Hitlers Diamanten' om Joods-protestants vrijmetselarij-complot. Crescas, Amsterdam, 01-09-2020.
https://www.crescas.nl/nieuws/gn4oooz/Kritiek-op-boek-Hitlers-Diamanten-om-Joods-protestants-vrijmetselarij-complot/

Joep van Ruiten. De dodelijkste recensie ever: journalisten jagen antisemitisch complotboek rond Hitler uit de winkel. Dagblad van het Noorden, Groningen, 03-09-2020.
https://www.dvhn.nl/cultuur/De-dodelijkste-recensie-ever-Bart-Droog-jaagt-antisemitisch-complotboek-rond-Hitler-uit-de-winkel-25981799.html

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. Hitler's diamonds anti-Semitic gobbledygook. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 14-09-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/2020/hd/index.html

Bas Paternotte & Bart FM Droog. Boek 'Hitlers diamanten' definitief uit de handel en het komt ook niet meer terug. Uitgever betuigt spijt. The Post Online, Woerden, 14-09-2020.
https://tpo.nl/2020/09/14/boek-hitlers-diamanten-definitief-uit-de-handel-en-het-komt-ook-niet-meer-terug/

Antisemitisch 'Hitlers diamanten' definitieg geschrapt. Boekblad, Alkmaar, 16-09-2020.
https://boekblad.nl/Nieuws/Item/hitlers-diamanten-definitief-geschrapt

Bob. Ex-councillor's anti-Semitic book taken off the market. Eindhoven News. Eindhoven, 16-09-2020.
https://eindhovennews.com/news/2020/09/ex-councillors-anti-semitic-book-taken-off-the-market/


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October 2020 - A fraudulent postcard (D)

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. A fraudulent postcard at HH. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 21-10-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/hermann-historica-postcard-from-prague.html


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November 2020 - Forgeries gallore (USA)

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. More fake Hitlers from Florida. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 14-11-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/affiliated-auctions-november-2020.html

Jaap van den Born & Bart FM Droog. Fake Hitlers from Pennsville. Droog Magazine, Eenrum, 14-11-2020.
https://www.droog-mag.nl/hitler/2020/black-river-auction.html

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December 2020 - More fakes at Hermann Historica (D)

Sven-Felix Kellerhoff. Warum nur fälschen die Hitler-Fälscher so schlecht? Welt, Berlin, 05-12-2020.
https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article221818124/Angeblich-echt-Hitler-Faelschungen-werden-immer-schlechter.html



© Compilation Bart FM Droog, 2020

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