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Cold Case Team Shines New Light on Betrayal of Anne Frank
ABC News ^ | January 17, 2022 | Mike Corder

Posted on 01/17/2022 2:42:00 PM PST by nickcarraway

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II's enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

Their answer, outlined in a new book called “The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation,” by Canadian academic and author Rosemary Sullivan, is that it could have been a prominent Jewish notary called Arnold van den Bergh, who disclosed the secret annex hiding place of the Frank family to German occupiers to save his own family from deportation and murder in Nazi concentration camps.

“We have investigated over 30 suspects in 20 different scenarios, leaving one scenario we like to refer to as the most likely scenario,” said film maker Thijs Bayens, who had the idea to put together the cold case team, that was led by retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke, to forensically examine the evidence. Bayens was quick to add that, "we don’t have 100% certainty.” “There is no smoking gun because betrayal is circumstantial,” Bayens told The Associated Press on Monday.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Religion
KEYWORDS: annefrank; arnoldvandenbergh; associatedpressfbi; coldcase; holocaust; mikecorder; rosemarysullivan; theholocaust; thijsbayens; vincentpankoke
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To: nickcarraway

There were other George Soros types around who would do this.


41 posted on 01/18/2022 3:06:01 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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the rest of the keyword:

42 posted on 01/19/2022 8:50:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: JennysCool
So, um ... Really they don't actually know anything, but they managed to get on 60 Minutes.

Isn't that the same system used against conservatives? And used to 'defend' the liar Bill Clinton about his relationship with Monica?

43 posted on 01/19/2022 9:20:31 AM PST by GOPJ (Who will Biden blame for his problems today? What commie thuggery will Biden impose on Americans?)
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