Who betrayed Anne Frank? Book claims to shed new light {Nazis alerted by Jewish collaborator}

The Guardian ^ | 25 May 2018 | Daniel Boffey

[Cronos]

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 Nazis.

The mystery of how the Franks were found in a secret annex in a building on Amsterdam’s Prinsengracht in August 1944 has thwarted formal investigations and troubled academics ever since.

The involvement of Ans van Dijk, who was executed in 1948 after admitting to collaborating in the capture of 145 people, including her own brother and his family, had been previously claimed. But, the Anne Frank House museum and research centre had been unable to come to any conclusion, despite police investigations and its own studies.

..It is claimed that after her arrest on Easter Sunday 1943 by the Nazi intelligence service known as the the Sicherheitsdienst, Van Dijk became a regular visitor to the building, albeit in disguise. She would also use the telephones in the requisitioned offices, Kremer noticed.

The book suggests that in early August 1944, Kremer overheard Van Dijk taking part in discussions in the Nazi offices on Prinsengracht, where the Franks were hiding. The Franks were arrested on 4 August, while Van Dijk was said to have left for The Hague.

..After the war, Van Dijk moved to The Hague, where she was arrested at a friend’s home on 20 June 1945. Two years later she was charged on 23 counts of treason and brought to the special court in Amsterdam, where she confessed on all counts, and was sentenced to death.

Her attempts to appeal the decision and gain a royal pardon on the grounds that she had acted out of self-preservation failed. In January 1948 she was executed by firing squad at Fort Bijlmer, in Amsterdam

[minnesota_bound]

#13 He admitted to turning in over 100 people to the nazi’s who then murdered them when interviewed on 60 Minutes.
I still can see the smirk on Steve Crofts face. He did not ask any follow up questions.
I would think Soros could be put in prison but he pays off as many people as needed to stay out.

[Gay State Conservative]

He admitted to turning in over 100 people to the nazi’s who then murdered them when interviewed on 60 Minutes.

Yikes! I've heard mumblings that he cooperated with the Nazis but I didn't know he actually admitted it.I thought the mumblings were from people who saw him as being so filthy that he could be the type to cooperate.I'm gonna have to do some research here.

And I always thought that Soros was Jewish himself.I don't recall having seen it from a credible source however.

[Jewbacca]

Cowards die many deaths.

[Lurker]

“In January 1948 she was executed by firing squad at Fort Bijlmer, in Amsterdam.”

Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

L

[x]

Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes, years later, people connect things they saw or heard long ago with names they learned later and then it becomes a family mythology.

FWIW: Peter Wyden, father of the senator, wrote a book about Stella Goldschlag, a childhood friend or acquaintance in Berlin who collaborated with the Nazis and betrayed other Jews for money.

[SJackson]

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[SJackson]

She is considered to be responsible for the death of between 700 and 800 though the number charged was 85 dead of around 150 betrayed. At the time, the Franks would not have been considered particularly significant even if in that number as she plead guilty and was sentenced before the diary was published.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It was indeed a Sophie’s Choice. Maybe she kept her children safe by betraying others knowing her own life might be forfeit.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe she thought that by betraying others, her children would be spared knowing her own life might one day be forfeit. I can’t say I wouldn’t rat out a neighbor to save my children. She plead guilty so it obviously weighed heavily on her heart. May G-d have mercy on her.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What if you believed you could spare the lives of your children by turning informer? That makes the choice much harder.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Don’t forget the story of Corrie Ten Boom and her sister in The Hiding Place.

[Blood of Tyrants]

A lot of people simply couldn’t believe what was going on. A lot of victims thought that they could wait it out and survive somehow.