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The Betrayal of Anne Frank
Author(s): Rosemary Sullivan

A New York Times Bestseller

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept…

Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international teamled by an obsessed retired FBI agenthas finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?

Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teen-aged Anne Frank kept while living in an attic with her family and four other people in Amsterdam during World War II, until the Nazis arrested them and sent them to a concentration camp. But despite the many worksjournalism, books, plays and novelsdevoted to Annes story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two yearsand who or what finally brought the Nazis to their door.

With painstaking care, retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and a team of indefatigable investigators pored over tens of thousands of pages of documentssome never before seenand interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilizing methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to theinfamous arrestand came to a shocking conclusion.

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation is the riveting story of their mission. Rosemary Sullivan introduces us to the investigators, explains the behavior of both the captives and their captors and profiles a group of suspects. All the while, she vividly brings to life wartime Amsterdam: a place where no matter how wealthy, educated, or careful you were, you never knew whom you could trust.

Review(s):
“Sullivans narrative, full of twists and turns and dead-end leads, commands attention at every page, dramatic without being sensational.”
Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation.Sullivan circles all of these possibilities like Agatha Christie with Zoom and a time machine.
“The Betrayal of Anne Frank is a stunning piece of historical detective work, cleverly structured and grippingly written.”

ISBN:9780063227866