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Anne Frank may have been denounced by a Jewish notary who wanted to save her family

2022-01-17T16:00:52.260Z


This thesis is defended in the book “The betrayal of Anne Frank”, written by the Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan.


Known throughout the world since the publication of her diary written between 1942 and 1944 while she and her family were hiding in a clandestine apartment in Amsterdam, Anne Frank and her family might have been denounced by a Jewish notary.

This is the thesis defended in the book “The betrayal of Anne Frank” written by the Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan.

It is based on an investigation carried out by a former FBI agent on the mystery surrounding the person who denounced the young Jewish girl and her relatives.

It could be a Jewish notary who did it to save his own family, according to the book.

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The investigation into this unsolved court case lasted more than six years.

Allegations against Arnold Van den Bergh, who died in 1950, are supported by evidence there, including an anonymous letter sent to Anne Frank's father after World War II identifying the notary as a traitor, according to Dutch media reports. Monday.

A “fascinating hypothesis” that needs further investigation

The Anne Frank House museum said the results of the investigation, led by retired Federal Bureau of Investigation detective Vincent Pankoke, led to a "fascinating hypothesis" but required further investigation.

The 15-year-old girl and her family hid in a clandestine apartment in Amsterdam, were arrested in 1944 and died the following year in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

"Interest in the war and the story of Anne Frank is growing, but we know less about her story than 10 or 15 years ago".

In Amsterdam, the Anne Frank museum has been renovated to adapt to the "new generation" who are visiting the house where the girl hid in droves #AFP pic.twitter.com/4s4rvtTYSe

— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) November 24, 2018

Different theories have long circulated about the raid which revealed the secret annex where the family was hiding.

Van den Bergh's name had so far received little attention, but came to the fore during the investigation which used modern techniques, including artificial intelligence, to sift through massive amounts of data.

The investigation narrowed the list of suspects to four, including Arnold Van den Bergh, a founding member of the Jewish Council, an administrative body the Nazis forced Jews to establish to organize deportations.

Investigators found that her family had a deportation exemption, which had been revoked at the time of the Franks' betrayal but ultimately not deported, for unknown reasons.

Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House, warned that questions remained about the anonymous letter and that further investigation was needed.

"You have to be very careful about writing someone down in history like the one who betrayed Anne Frank if you're not 100 or 200 percent sure about that," he told AFP. .

Source: leparis

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