Stumbled on another interesting bit tonight. There was quite a lot of shorthand studying (in different languages, too) in the Secret Annex. Check out Annefrank.org for info. I don’t know what type of shorthand this is. The characters do look Greggish.
This is a stenography exercise by Margot, I think:
Otto en Edith Frank take into account that hiding could be for a long period of time. They bring school books for their daughters.
Anne Frank: Shorthand
in French, English, German and Dutch, Geometry, Algebra, History,
Geography, Art History, Mythology, Biology, Bible History, Dutch
Literature; likes to read biographies, dull or exciting, and history
books (sometimes novels and light reading).Peter van Pels: Is learning English, French (correspondence course), shorthand
in Dutch, English and German, Commercial Correspondence in English,
Woodworking, Economics and sometimes Math; seldom reads, sometimes
geography.Margot Frank: Correspondence courses in English, French and Latin, Shorthand
in English, German and Dutch, Trigonometry, Solid Geometry, Mechanics,
Physics, Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry, English Literature, French
Literature, German Literature, Dutch Literature, Bookkeeping, Geography,
Modern History, Biology, Economics; reads everything, preferably on
religion and medicine.
It looks like Gabelsberger.
That's quite a pretty system. I've never seen this particular one before. Thanks for the link!
It may also be Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift (German Unified Shorthand), which was the system in use in Germany at the time of the war, also based in Gabelsberger, and adapted to other languages as well.
Very interesting. There are free .pdfs for the DEK books here: http://www.stenoweb.de/Stenoweb.html
It's fascinating to compare.
Is this perhaps Groote shorthand? That's a common system in Dutch, and it looks much like this sample page.
It could be too.
The mystery continues …