
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
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Julia Whelan
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.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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I loved this!
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Heart breaking conclusion
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History + Cold Case
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Rosemary Sullivan does the ultimate compliment to the human condition with this exploratory work on the possibilities of seeing humanity as one with common motives, common virtues, and common vices. Leverage to survive at all costs when all hope has dissipated is the last step before the brink.
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Interesting
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Very well done!
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I listened to the audiobook version of THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE FRANK mesmerized by the story. Although the book is no longer on sale I Holland because the conclusion cannot be proven, that’s not the important aspect of this nonfiction forensic examination of who, if anyone, turned the Franks and their attic co-inhabitants into the nazis.
I learned so much history from THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE FRANK. I hadn’t known an estimated 25,000 Jews hid in basements and attics of the Dutch or that Holland lost nearly 170,000 Jews to the death camps, a mere 5000 survived. Surrounded by sea on two sides, occupied Belgium on one and Germany on another, Jews had few ways of escape.
The premise that someone “betrayed” the Franks seems unfair. Holland was occupied and the Dutch lived in poverty, hunger and fear during those years. Residents could get money or favor for turning in Jews. Others were threatened with jail. Who knows what any of us would have done to keep our children from starving? We all want to think *we* would be brave enough to have hidden Anne in our attics, shared our meager rations and risked death for twenty-five months, but we can never be certain.
If you’re at all interested in investigation, the parts of the book that detail the exhaustive research and how much paperwork existed even after the war will fascinate you. They left no stone unturned.
I don’t know how Whelan narrated the story without bursting into tears.
Left me breathless
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The book was extremely detailed, thought provoking, and captivating.
The one addition I would have greatly appreciated would have been available illustrations, maps, photos of documentation, etc of things referred to in the book.
History and Mystery in fascinating depth
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