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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Anne Frank ‘very likely’ to have been betrayed to Nazis by Jewish notary

EPA/Anne Frank Fonds Basel

A Jewish businessman is “very likely” to have been the person who betrayed the whereabouts of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis, a six-year cold case investigation has concluded.

A relatively unknown figure, Arnold van den Bergh, has emerged as the prime suspect in a painstaking investigation that has called on the expertise of around 20 historians, criminologists and data specialists.

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