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[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Typhus and starvation were serious war-time problems killing many, including the slaves at the work camps.

Anne Frank's diary was half written in ball point pen which wasn't invented yet. Half of her story or more is myth.

[–]ballooon 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The first ballpoint pen was patented in 1888.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

They did tests on the ink. They know what kind of pen was used. Look it up.

[–]ballooon 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Two loose annotation pages and some page numbers. The rest of the diary was written with a fountain pen.