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Forensic Document Examination

The scientific examination of documents to determine their authenticity, including the use of ink chemistry, paper and adhesive testing, and comparative handwriting analysis.

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Jan 17, 2026
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What forensic and scholarly evidence confirms the diary’s authenticity and authorship?

A combination of mid-1980s material and handwriting forensics, archival paper-and-ink testing, and scholarly review by the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) and the Netherlands Forens...

Jan 19, 2026

What specific chemical tests did the Netherlands Forensic Institute use to date the diary inks and papers?

Publicly available material does not identify any specific chemical assays that the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) used to date the diary inks and papers in the matter implied by the question; t...