Selling Hitler

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2. Hey! Thank you! Got any comments on this one?

I recently got the British mini-series "G.B.H." Also from 1991, 7 hours (!!!). Have not seen it yet.

Afraid I might get a little lost, since it deals with local (council) politics in the UK. But it has Michael Palin, who I would gladly watch even if he were reading the phone book. (If phone books still existed...) And from quick searches, it's apparently based on the real-life career of Derek Hatton, who inspired the term "Loony Left."

So it sounds interesting. But I may put up the DU Bat-signal...er, Brit-Signal...for help in understanding some of the events.

On-topic! You're right, the most shocking thing about the Hitler Diaries Hoax is that it happened in the first place. Right from the beginning, it had all the marks of a con job. Especially the part about: "give me large sums of money, in cash, and keep it a secret." Incredible.

Over here we have a TV series, "American Greed," that features different con artists and financial crooks every week. Many of them follow the same model as the Hitler Diaries disaster. I can't believe how many well-educated, seemingly rational people keep falling for the same hoaxes. It's absolutely mind-boggling. I guess it's good to be reminded that anyone can get sucked into these things, given the right circumstances. And the right sales pitch!