A hoax, an exaggeration, a lie. That is the Holocaust in the eyes of deniers. All three help support their argument of the Holocaust not existing. When Hitler took control of Germany, these anti-semitic views grew rapidly. “While the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in history, with a wide array of evidence documenting virtually every aspect of it” (Lipstadt, 2011), people around the world still decide to turn a cold shoulder. Denial of it and distortion of facts are generally motivated by the hatred of Jews (Holocaust, 2016). “Jews have perpetrated this hoax about the Holocaust on the world in order to gain political and financial advantage, and it was in fact Germany that was the true victim in World War Two” (Lipstadt,
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In 1944, a Dutch government official, persuaded the population to save any first hand accounts like diaries or personal belongings that they might of had during the war (Lipstadt, 2011). The young writers expressed their feelings and reflected on the trauma they had during these nightmare years (Holocaust, 2016). It has been pointed out that Anne Frank’s diary was written in green ballpoint, something that would not have been easily available to Anne Frank during the war. Minor stylistic marginal notes in green ink were noticed too, which as the Dutch investigation demonstrated, did not relate or have importance to the writing of the story. This resulted in questions about who wrote it. Furthermore, some included loose leaf paper with the diary showed handwriting that was different than what was already in the diary, showing they were written possibly by an editor, and not Anne Frank. The ending result of the Dutch investigation came as a result of comparing Anne’s diary handwriting to other samples of her writing, such as the letters she wrote before going in hiding and the traditional student autograph books she signed before the war. The handwriting tested to be the same person for them all, going into even more detail of the diary being proven to to be work of a teenager during the World War II era (Lipstadt, 2011). The Diary of Anne Frank is constantly being searched for mishaps, but repeated tests over time have proven that the legitimacy stands and the stories written are
In 1944, a Dutch government official, persuaded the population to save any first hand accounts like diaries or personal belongings that they might of had during the war (Lipstadt, 2011). The young writers expressed their feelings and reflected on the trauma they had during these nightmare years (Holocaust, 2016). It has been pointed out that Anne Frank’s diary was written in green ballpoint, something that would not have been easily available to Anne Frank during the war. Minor stylistic marginal notes in green ink were noticed too, which as the Dutch investigation demonstrated, did not relate or have importance to the writing of the story. This resulted in questions about who wrote it. Furthermore, some included loose leaf paper with the diary showed handwriting that was different than what was already in the diary, showing they were written possibly by an editor, and not Anne Frank. The ending result of the Dutch investigation came as a result of comparing Anne’s diary handwriting to other samples of her writing, such as the letters she wrote before going in hiding and the traditional student autograph books she signed before the war. The handwriting tested to be the same person for them all, going into even more detail of the diary being proven to to be work of a teenager during the World War II era (Lipstadt, 2011). The Diary of Anne Frank is constantly being searched for mishaps, but repeated tests over time have proven that the legitimacy stands and the stories written are