Posted on May 31, 2018
Did a Jewish Collaborator Betray Anne Frank to the Nazis?
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According to the article:
"Theories about the culprit have percolated for years: a new employee at Otto Frank’s business, for instance, or the wife of one of the employees who helped to hide the family. But a new book by the son of a member of the Dutch resistance claims to have evidence that may bring historians closer to answering the question.
According to Gerald Kremer’s The Backyard of the Secret Annex, the Guardian reports, the Franks were betrayed by Anna “Ans” van Dijk, a Jewish woman executed in 1948 for her collaboration in the capture of 145 people. Ans van Dijk has often been suggested as a leading suspect. But despite independent and police studies, the Anne Frank House museum and research center has not been able to prove or disprove the theory. Kremer’s book may add another piece of evidence to the pile."
"Theories about the culprit have percolated for years: a new employee at Otto Frank’s business, for instance, or the wife of one of the employees who helped to hide the family. But a new book by the son of a member of the Dutch resistance claims to have evidence that may bring historians closer to answering the question.
According to Gerald Kremer’s The Backyard of the Secret Annex, the Guardian reports, the Franks were betrayed by Anna “Ans” van Dijk, a Jewish woman executed in 1948 for her collaboration in the capture of 145 people. Ans van Dijk has often been suggested as a leading suspect. But despite independent and police studies, the Anne Frank House museum and research center has not been able to prove or disprove the theory. Kremer’s book may add another piece of evidence to the pile."
Did a Jewish Collaborator Betray Anne Frank to the Nazis?
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The truth to this question will probably never be known but there is the possibility
this woman did play a role in Anne Frank's capture by Nazi agents.
this woman did play a role in Anne Frank's capture by Nazi agents.
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One of those things that will never be nailed down IMO. Theories are great, but as more and more who lived through the period pass the odds of coming up with substantial proof get smaller and smaller.
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Honestly? More than likely, someone was probably on the take, and ratted them out.
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