Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family?

A retired FBI special agent and a team of investigators believe they’ve solved one of the world’s most well-known and tragic cold cases. Jon Wertheim reports.

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[StacieMMeier]

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank

[doclewis]

When I first read her diary, I thought I'd be reading something that was only about sadness and fear. On the contrary, her diary tells of her heart and her hope mixed with the sadness of being trapped. The heartbreaking part is how close she was to surviving the whole thing. She is a shining star in the misery of humanity. We need more people like her in this world, especially nowadays when schools are removing books (again) from their bookshelves.

[nathanas]

Even as a father i cannot begin to imagine the pain Otto Frank felt for his family’s loss. What an evil regime. We cannot allow this to happen ever again.

[krissifaith]

In South Korea, I had my students read her diary. One student wrote a letter to her even though she knows she was long gone. It was a beautiful letter from one innocent girl to another... so I copied the letter and sent it to the curator of the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam. They sent her an official letter from the museum. It was so special and I called the student into the meeting with the academy principal to give her the letter. She didn't know that I had sent it in. Anne Frank's story is so inspiring and moving even in this present age.

[lorag]

If Otto Frank knew the identity of the person who betrayed his family, then he was a bigger and better person than I could ever hope to be.

[mariadelcarmencervantez]

Anne's father finding this out after he lost his family had to have been so difficult to handle.

[vivianfoster]

I visited the Anne Frank house when I was in Amsterdam. It was in a very nice part of Amsterdam, a canal house. I remember going inside and they did a wonderful job preserving it. I don't normally get emotional when I visit historical sites, even though I know horrors took place there. But when I got to her room, and seeing some photos from magazine clippings and sort, gosh, I started really getting emotional and crying. She was just a kid, did nothing wrong to anyone in this world. To be punished just for living and being a Jew. No one deserves to be hunted like that. I remember saying something to her just like, "I'm so sorry. The world failed you".

[Aim_in_Cleveland]

I am disgusted that that poor teacher recently was fired because she read the Diary of Ann Frank. So sick of this world.

[laurenkeegan]

She wanted to be remembered, even after her death, and she has been. We honor you down here, Anne.

[kanyeeastlolz]

One can only fathom what Otto felt when he read the anonymous tip. It took a lot of courage to continue on with life the way he did.

[markpekrul]

I first read Anne's diary as a college freshman 36 years ago. Her story remains so meaningful for no shortage of reasons - not the least of which is that amazing young girl herself and the qualities which come through in her writings. There's also the fact that Anne wasn't collateral damage - she was a young girl who was intentionally sought out and brought to be deliberately murdered.

The professor in whose class I read the book was himself a survivor of the camps...I saw his tattooed arm. He lost most of his family in the camps.

He asked us how we felt after reading it, I offered that I was very angry, and I added that I felt much the way he himself must have felt.

And then I witnessed one of the most astonishing examples of grace I've ever seen - he was not angry. He did not wish to visit revenge upon anyone who might have been involved in perpetrating the deaths of his family members, the Franks, or any other victims of the Holocaust.

He had, he said, forgiven them.

And it was clear that he was at peace with everything. Having him for a professor, and having his class be the environment in which I first encountered Ann Frank, remains a treasured memory.

[Neptuneuk]

Nobody deserves to be treated like this .were all equal human beings🕯️😢🙏

[meFatuations]

This tragedy resulted in a meaningful contribution to humanity. At 15 years old, Anne has one of the most read books ever written. She is a inspiration for my life.

[charlydoumat]

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne Frank
She had no idea. This shows us that, sometimes, when we are in survival mode our humanity dies.
This broke my heart.

[ambreeniram]

She documented the darkest period of time in The Diary of a Young Girl. An innocent girl writing her dairy would have never thought the posthumous fame she will get after 75 years of death. May her soul rest in peace.

[Earthy-Artist]

Back in the 1970's I had selected her book off the library shelf in Jr. High school without having any idea what it was about, or who Anne Frank was. I only knew it was about another teenage girl slightly older than I was. And being a teenage girl myself I thought reading her diary would be interesting. The book was an eye opening shock and I instantly grew up quite a bit after having read it. It was the first I had learned of the atrocities committed by Nazi's during WWII. I will always mourn in my heart for this precious girl and her family who never got to complete their lives, and for the many other poor souls who also had their lives stolen.

[sandrataylor]

No matter who betrayed them, it was a sad thing to happen. No human being needed to go through what that poor family and many others like them, went through.

[suhyungkim]

If they survived in hiding for two whole years without being detected, there was definitely someone who was in close contact with them who outed them. There definitely was someone who did it. I can't believe it's just a coincidence

[shirleylane]

Gave my two granddaughters a copy of her book. This story must NEVER be forgotten and neither must Ann. God bless her.

[MikeGervasi]

Her diary left a mark on anyone with a heart.