December 2021 Auction

Konrad Kujau Autographed Photo + Fake Hitler Signature

This auction ended on December 5, 2021.

Start price: $50

Estimated price: $100 - $200

Buyer's Premium: 25%

Description

Konrad Kujau signed photo and a forged Kujau Hitler signature with newspaper clippings.Konrad Paul Kujau (27 June 1938 – 12 September 2000) was a German illustrator and forger. He became famous in 1983 as the creator of the so-called Hitler Diaries, for which he received DM 2.5 million from a journalist who in turn sold it for DM 9.3 million to the magazine Stern. The forgery resulted in a four-and-half year prison sentence.