The betrayal of anne frank : a cold case investigation / Rosemary Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Rosemary (Canadian author), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History.

Jews.

History.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

400 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2022]

Summary:

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:

Part I The Background Story

1 The Raid and the Green Policeman p. 3

2 The Diary of Anne Frank p. 9

3 The Cold Case Team p. 14

4 The Stakeholders p. 23

5 "Let's See What the Man Can Do!" p. 29

6 An Interlude of Safety p. 35

7 The Onslaught p. 41

8 Prinsengracht 263 p. 48

9 The Hiding p. 51

10 You Were Asked. You Said Yes p. 56

11 A Harrowing Incident p. 63

12 Anatomy of a Raid p. 67

13 Camp Westerbork p. 74

14 The Return p. 79

15 The Collaborators p. 85

16 They Aren't Corning Back p. 90

Part II Cold Case Investigation

17 The Investigation p. 97

18 The Documents Men p. 106

19 The Other Bookcase p. 110

20 The First Betrayal p. 113

21 The Blackmailer p. 121

22 The Neighborhood p. 129

23 The Nanny p. 137

24 Another Theory p. 143

25 The "Jew Hunters" p. 148

26 The V-Frau p. 155

27 No Substantial Proof, Part I p. 164

28 "Just Go to Your Jews!" p. 170

29 Probing Memory p. 181

30 "The Man Who Arrested Frank Family Discovered in Vienna" p. 190

31 What Miep Knew p. 198

32 No Substantial Proof, Part II p. 202

33 The Greengrocer p. 208

34 The Jewish Council p. 219

35 A Second Look p. 224

36 The Dutch Notary p. 228

37 Experts at Work p. 237

38 A Note Between Friends p. 246

39 The Typist p. 250

40 The Granddaughter p. 255

41 The Goudstikker Affair p. 260

42 A Bombshell p. 266

43 A Secret Well Kept p. 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780062892355

0062892355