This is a very good analysis of the Anne Frank diary which I picked up on my travels.
Is The Diary of Anne Frank genuine?
by Robert Faurisson
Is The Diary of Anne Frank genuine? For two years that question was included in the official syllabus "Text and Document
Criticism," a seminar reserved for degreed students in their fourth year. The conclusion of my studies and research is that
The Diary of Anne Frank is a fraud.
In order to study the question posed and to find an answer to it, I have carried out the following investigations:
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Internal criticism: the very text of the Diary (in Dutch) contains a number of unlikely or inconceivable facts.
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A study of the premises in Amsterdam: on the one hand, the physical impossibilities and, on the other hand, the
explanations made up by Anne Frank's father severely compromise him.
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Interview of the principal witness: Mr. Otto Frank.
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Bibliographical examination: some curious silences and revelations.
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A return to Amsterdam for a new investigation: the witnesses turn out to be unfavorable to Mr. Frank; the probable
truth.
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The "betrayer" and the person who arrested the Franks: why has Mr. Frank wished to assure them such anonymity?
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Comparison between the Dutch and German texts: attempting to make too much of it, Mr. Frank has given himself
away; he has signed a literary fraud.