Arrests and trial Once the government announcement appeared on television, Kujau took his wife and mistress to Austria; he introduced the latter to Edith as his cleaner. After he saw a news report a few days later, naming him as the forger, and also hearing that Stern had paid nine million DMs, he first phoned his lawyer and then the Hamburg State prosecutor, before agreeing to hand himself in at the border between Austria and West Germany the following day. When police raided his house, they found several notebooks identical to those used in the fraud. Kujau continued to use a variation of the story he had told Heidemann—that of obtaining the diaries from the East—but he was bitter that the journalist was still at liberty, and had withheld so much of Sterns money from him. After thirteen days, on 26 May, he wrote a full confession, stating that Heidemann knew all along that the diaries were forgeries. Heidemann was arrested that evening.
arrests and trial once the government announcement appeared on television kujau took his wife and mistress to austria; he introduced the latter to edith as his cleaner after he saw a news report a few days later naming him as the forger and also hearing that stern had paid nine million dms he first phoned his lawyer and then the hamburg state prosecutor before agreeing to hand himself in at the border between austria and west germany the following day when police raided his house they found several notebooks identical to those used in the fraud kujau continued to use a variation of the story he had told heidemann—that of obtaining the diaries from the east—but he was bitter that the journalist was still at liberty and had withheld so much of sterns money from him after thirteen days on 26 may he wrote a full confession stating that heidemann knew all along that the diaries were forgeries heidemann was arrested that evening