A new book has provided what it claims is fresh evidence that Anne Frank and her family were betrayed by a Jewish woman who was executed after the second world war for collaborating with the Nazis. But, the Anne Frank House museum and research centre had been unable to come to any conclusion, despite police investigations and its own studies. The Franks were arrested on 4 August, while Van Dijk was said to have left for The Hague. In 2016, the Anne Frank House carried out research into the arrest of the Frank family and the other four people in hiding in the secret annex. “Ans van Dijk was included as a potential traitor in this study.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2018 03:56 UTC