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[–]ShalomEveryoneCommunist Party 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I heard Anne Frank's diary was written with a ball point pen.

You heard wrong, you were lied to by a holocaust denying white supremacist.

The origin of the “ballpoint myth” is the four-page report that the Federal Criminal Police Office (the Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) in Wiesbaden, which was published in 1980. In this investigation into the types of paper and ink used in the diary of Anne Frank it is stated that “ballpoint corrections” had been made on some loose sheets. The BKA’s task was to report on all the texts found among the diaries of Anne Frank, and therefore also on the annotations that were made in Anne’s manuscripts after the war.

In short: the “ballpoint myth” is easy to disprove. The careless wording of the BKA report from 1980 – a report that for the rest in no way challenges the authenticity of the diary – or at any rate its openness to several interpretations, has taken on a life of its own in extreme right-wing circles.

The “ballpoint myth” is based on the simple fact that, around 1960, two annotation sheets with ballpoint writing were inserted between the original pages. These texts were written by a graphological researcher, and are not included in any edition of the diary (apart from the Critical Edition, where photos of the annotation sheets are reproduced). In July 2006, the BKA found it necessary to state in a press release that the 1980 investigation cannot be used to call the authenticity of the diary into doubt.

A pen that wasn't invented during the WW2 German occupation. Weird.

Anne did not write her diary in a ballpoint pen.

Shalom

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

Source?

Anne did not write her diary in a ballpoint pen.

Obviously. But it's alleged that the guy who capitalized on it finished the diary and used the ballpoint pen.

If this incidental case is actually a myth about Anne Frank's diary it does not negate the overwhelming amount of bullshit surrounding the official Holocaust narrative that crumbles under some fundamentally basic premises and an abundance of evidence.

[–]ShalomEveryoneCommunist Party 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Source?

Here.

But it's alleged that the guy who capitalized on it finished the diary and used the ballpoint pen.

That's a lie, he did not "finish" her diary in ballpoint pen.

The “ballpoint myth” is based on the simple fact that, around 1960, two annotation sheets with ballpoint writing were inserted between the original pages. These texts were written by a graphological researcher, and are not included in any edition of the diary (apart from the Critical Edition, where photos of the annotation sheets are reproduced). In July 2006, the BKA found it necessary to state in a press release that the 1980 investigation cannot be used to call the authenticity of the diary into doubt.

There you have it, the annotated notes were not included in any edition of the diary.

does not negate the overwhelming amount of bullshit surrounding the official Holocaust narrative that crumbles under some fundamentally basic premises and an abundance of evidence.

That's because holocaust deniers wont accept any evidence as being true.

Shalom

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That's because holocaust deniers wont accept any evidence as being true.

I grew up believing in the Holocaust. I saw people online saying things I knew were wrong but when I went to disprove them, I couldn't. There is a shocking lack of documentation considering the scope. I mean, I can look up what Napoleon's army ate.

I don't think there is enough existing evidence to prove there was a Holocaust beyond a reasonable doubt. You know those Germans, lousy at keeping records.