The Hitler Diaries

Charles Hamilton Jr, a Manhattan dealer of autograph manuscripts was asked to comment on the so-called Hitler diaries supposedly found in an East German hayloft and purchased by the magazine Stern for $3.3 million. Mr. Hamilton, a white-haired, elf-like man called the diaries "a misbegotten prevarication."

A spokesman for the Federal Archives in Koblenz confirmed that they had arranged for the examination of "about ten pages" of Hitler's handwriting for Stern, but denied having authenticated any diaries