The betrayal of Anne Frank : a cold case investigation /
Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Despite the many works 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. Pankoke and a team of in...
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New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Memorial Day and the memory of unfreedom
- Part I: The background story. The raid and the green policeman ; The Diary of Anne Frank ; The cold case team ; The stakeholders ; "Let's see what the man can do!" ; An interlude of safety ; The onslaught ; Prinsengracht 263 ; The hiding ; You were asked. You said yes. ; A harrowing incident ; Anatomy of a raid ; Camp Westerbork ; The return ; The collaborators ; They aren't coming back
- Part II: Cold case investigation. The investigation ; The documents men ; The other bookcase ; The first betrayal ; The blackmailer ; The neighborhood ; The nanny ; Another theory ; The "Jew hunters" ; The V-Frau ; No substantial proof, part I ; "Just go to your Jews!" ; Probing memory ; "The man who arrested Frank family found in Vienna" ; What Miep knew ; No substantial proof, part II ; The greengrocer ; The Jewish Council ; A second look ; The Dutch notary ; Experts at work ; A note between friends ; The typist ; The granddaughter ; The Goudstikker affair ; A bombshell ; A well kept secret
- Epilogue: The shadow city
- Afterword / by Vince Pankoke.