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Anne Frank: A betrayal theory

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex sheds light on a complex historical mystery

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex
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The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

Kanika Datta New Delhi
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex
Authors: Joop Van Wijk-Voskuijl & Jeroen De Bruyn
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 263
Price: Rs 699

Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Gestapo? Like the controversy surrounding John F Kennedy’s assassination, this question has provoked many theories. The movie of the 761-day ordeal that Anne and her family faced in the top-floor annexe of the office once owned by Frank’s businessman father points to a nosy employee. But doubts about his complicity arose when in 1990, it was revealed that the voice of the anonymous caller to the Gestapo had been that of