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A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.

Arnold van den Bergh: Secrets of man who allegedly betrayed Anne Frank to the Nazis

The prime suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal may have been driven by one tragic reason, a new book reveals. 

The author of a new book that claims to have revealed the identity of the man who allegedly betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis says the prime suspect should not be judged.

The allegation that Arnold van den Bergh, a Jewish notary in Amsterdam, gave up the teenage diarist and her family came after an investigation by a cold case team comprised of retired FBI detective Vince Pankoke and other experts.

After tireless work using high-tech tools and sophisticated investigative techniques, the team concluded that Arnold van den Bergh was the prime suspect, hinging their theory on an anonymous note received by Anne’s father, Otto Frank.

The note claimed van den Bergh, who died in 1950, had given the Nazis a list of addresses being used as hiding places by Jewish people.

One of those addresses, it is alleged, was the Amsterdam warehouse where the Frank family and others were hiding in a cramped annex concealed by a bookcase.

In her book The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, Canadian writer Rosemary Sullivan has documented the epic scale of the cold case team’s lengthy investigation.

Read the article by Zoe Smith in The Advertiser.