When two men sold 60 volumes alleged to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler to the German magazine Stern, and were paid nearly $3 million for phony documents, this is an example of a failure to complete what process?

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External criticism is the process of verifying the authenticity of a document, which was not completed in this case, leading to the purchase of fake diaries.

When Two Men Sold 60 Volumes Alleged to Be the Diaries