Post: #248

(04-12-2017 08:30 PM)Gorgiass Wrote:  Can't believe this is still going. Definitely an eye opener, though not in the way it was intended to be.

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(04-12-2017 03:06 PM)Mercenary Wrote:  Note the obviously adult old style handwriting and above all - the torn out page below:
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A page below in Anne's own girlish young handwriting. Note the radical difference to the other handwriting above:

Are you a handwriting expert? Are you fluent in German? I'm neither but it's probably safe to say that a few people who are have checked the diary over the years and come to a different conclusion than you did.

Think back to middle school. There were two types of handwriting that were taught to us, one we all still use and one we only used for a few years after learning it. I still remember writing in both around the house to keep in practice - print and cursive. Damn that Occam's razor.

It seems the official consensus is that her father did write part of it. Not coincidentally, this was only recognized very recently, in order to retain copyright privileges.

http://www.history.com/news/anne-franks-...-copyright