The Betrayal of Anne Frank

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Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teen-aged Anne Frank kept while living in an attic with her family and four other people in Amsterdam during World War II, until the Nazis arrested them and sent them to a concentration camp. But despite the many works—journalism, books, plays and novels—devoted to Anne’s story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years—and who or what finally brought the Nazis to their door. With painstaking care, retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and a team of indefatigable investigators pored over tens of thousands of pages of documents—some never before seen—and interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilizing methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest—and came to a shocking conclusion. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation is the riveting story of their mission. Rosemary Sullivan introduces us to the investigators, explains the behavior of both the captives and their captors and profiles a group of suspects. All the while, she vividly brings to life wartime Amsterdam: a place where no matter how wealthy, educated, or careful you were, you never knew whom you could trust. Contents Cover Endpaper Title Page Map Preface: Memorial Day and the Memory of Unfreedom Part I: The Background Story 1. The Raid and the Green Policeman 2. The Diary of Anne Frank 3. The Cold Case Team 4. The Stakeholders 5. “Let’s See What the Man Can Do!” 6. An Interlude of Safety 7. The Onslaught 8. Prinsengracht 263 9. The Hiding 10. You Were Asked. You Said Yes. 11. A Harrowing Incident 12. Anatomy of a Raid 13. Camp Westerbork 14. The Return 15. The Collaborators 16. They Aren’t Coming Back Part II: Cold Case Investigation 17. The Investigation 18. The Documents Men 19. The Other Bookcase 20. The First Betrayal 21. The Blackmailer 22. The Neighborhood 23. The Nanny 24. Another Theory 25. The “Jew Hunters” 26. The V-Frau 27. No Substantial Proof, Part I 28. “Just Go to Your Jews!” 29. Probing Memory 30. “The Man Who Arrested Frank Family Discovered in Vienna” 31. What Miep Knew 32. No Substantial Proof, Part II 33. The Greengrocer 34. The Jewish Council 35. A Second Look 36. The Dutch Notary 37. Experts at Work 38. A Note Between Friends 39. The Typist 40. The Granddaughter 41. The Goudstikker Affair 42. A Bombshell 43. A Secret Well Kept Epilogue: The Shadow City Afterword by Vince Pankoke Acknowledgments Archives and Institutes Glossary Bibliography Notes Index Photo Section About the Author Also by Rosemary Sullivan Copyright About the Publisher