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Half a day in a Swiss bank

In 1983, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper was asked to judge what were said to be Adolf Hitler’s secret diaries. Research and a bestselling book show why good historians question their sources, and how far that habit can be taught.

Major #18: HistoryThe story: Hugh Trevor-Roper and the forged Hitler diaries (1983). The book: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • The volumes in the bank
  • Doubts, then the laboratory
  • What the research says
  • The book: Lies My Teacher Told Me
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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