Editorial stops the printing of a book that points to a Jew as a traitor of Anne Frank

The editorial Both Anthos, which publishes in Dutch the book on an investigation that points to a Jewish notary as the person who would have betrayed Anne Frank revealing his hideout to the Gestapo, He apologized on Monday for the lack of a “more critical” stance towards those conclusions questioned by experts in the Netherlands.

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The editorial considered that a “more critical” view should have been adopted by pointing out a Jew as a traitor to a Jewish family, said in a letter sent to, among others, the Canadian writer Rosemary Sullivanwho wrote the book based on a six-year investigation conducted by a team of investigators led by a former FBI agent, Vince Pankoke.

In addition, it stopped the additional printing of copies pending “responses from the investigation team to the questions that have arisen” and He apologized to “anyone who feels offended” by the publication, according to that letter reproduced by the local press.

Both Anthos publishes the Dutch version of the book, but the worldwide rights and determination of the content is in the hands of the American publisher HarperCollins.

After the publication of the investigation’s conclusions on January 17, Dutch experts on the Holocaust and World War II expressed their admiration for the amount of information obtained by the researchers, but were critical of the conclusion, considering that it did not there is enough evidence to back it up.

According to that research, a prominent Jewish notary in Amsterdam, Arnold van den Bergh, allegedly revealed the address of the rear extension of the building where Anne Frank and her family were hiding in Amsterdam, in what would have been a deal with the Nazis in exchange for guaranteeing security of his own family.

The hypothesis is that Van den Bergh, a member of the prominent Jewish Council, would have had access to a list of addresses of hiding places of Jewish people. In addition, her name appeared on an anonymous note received in 1945 by Otto Frank, Anne’s father and the only survivor of the family.

In an interview with Eph last week, Pankoke assured that more than 30 suspects and 20 scenarios have been investigated, “staying the most likely”which points to the Jewish notary as the person who gave a list of addresses to the Nazis, in exchange for avoiding the deportation of his family to a concentration camp.

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He said that there is “an 85-90% chance” that this theory is correct and recalled that it is difficult to obtain irrefutable proof since the witnesses have already died, although he asked “not to judge” the suspect with the eyes of the present because “he had no other option” to protect his family.

Historian Bart van der Boom, a Dutch professor who is writing a book on the Jewish Council, told NOS public television that these conclusions are “Senseless slander” and considered the members of that Council as “respected people” who would not “betray to 500 or 1,000 hidden Jews.”

From the House Museum Anna Frank of Amsterdam, its director Ronald Leopold added that the investigation is of “great importance”, but pointed out that “key pieces of the puzzle are missing on crucial aspects, which means that the conclusions go too far”.

“You have to be careful about placing someone in history as a traitor to Anne Frank if you don’t have conclusive proof of it. More research is needed.” warned. (I)