The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Bergen-Belsen, 8, 20, 83, 191, 221, 226, 227, 290–91, 316

betrayal of Anne Frank: elimination of plausible theories, 272–75; first investigation of raid (1947–1948), 98–99, 164–69, 202, 279; Otto Frank’s knowledge of betrayer’s identity, 200, 207, 270–71, 273, 274, 278–83; Miep Gies’s knowledge of betrayer’s identity, 185, 198–201, 205–7, 274, 278, 279–80, 282–83; helpers’ possible association with, 170–80; illegal goods/documents, discovery of hiders by chance while looking for, 99, 183–85; Jews, Otto Frank’s claim of betrayal by, 270–71, 274; neighborhood theory, 129–36; number of Jews in Netherlands betrayed while in hiding, 4n, 32, 133; phone call leading to raid, 3, 18, 119, 144, 150, 171, 185–89, 196–97, 206, 277; prior information about bookcase and Annex, 69–70; raid on Prinsengracht 263 (August 4, 1944), 3–8, 67–73, 135–36, 152–53; repercussions of discovering betrayer, 112; second investigation of raid (1963–1964), 98–99, 202–4, 224, 239–40, 282; viability of remaining scenario, 275–85. See also anonymous note sent to Otto Frank; cold case investigation; specific suspects black market, 52, 60, 64, 161, 203, 205, 214, 239

blackmail, 121–28, 152

blackout curtains, 247

Blair, Jon, 288

Blonk, Hendrik, 152

Bolle, Leo, 226

Bolle, M. H., 220

Bolle, Mirjam, 225–27

Bookcase (cold case investigation information system), 110–12

bookcase covering entrance to Annex, 11, 39, 55, 65, 69, 70, 182–83

Braams, Miep, 162

Bremer, Eric, 116

Brilleslijper, Rebekka “Lin” and Marianne “Janny,” 75–76, 82

Broek, Gertjan, 70n, 99, 183

Buchenwald, 45

Bureau of Jewish Affairs (Bureau Joodse Zaken; BJA), 3, 119, 149, 152, 165, 213, 235

Bureau of National Security (Bureau Nationale Veiliheid; BNV), 123, 126, 165, 166, 316, 338n2

Café Alcazar, Amsterdam, 42–43

Cahn, Werner, 91

Calmeyer, Hans Georg, 42, 221, 222

Calmeyer status, 221–22, 232–36, 233 (table), 263, 269–70

Canadian Library and Archives, 100

Capon, Corneils M., 262n

Carlton Hotel, Amsterdam, 56n

Cauvern, Abraham “Ab,” 165, 249, 279

cell espionage, 160

Central Archives of Extraordinary Justice (Centraal Archief van de Bijzondere Rechtspleging; CABR), 87–88, 100, 110, 114, 117, 119, 123–25, 139–41, 148, 150, 152–54, 157, 161, 164, 177, 178, 214, 234, 272, 316–17

Chagall, Marc, 25

chestnut tree behind Annex, 134, 139

children’s nursery, Amsterdam, 291

Christianity, Jews converted to, 201, 220

Christians and Jews, mixed marriages between, 157, 220, 232

Cimex, 52

Cobiella, Kelly, 132

Cohen, David, 219, 223, 227, 228, 229, 267–68

cold case investigation, 14–22, 97–105; archival files, searching, 99–101, 106–9; Bookcase (cold case investigation information system), 110–12; conclusion and aftermath of, 283–84; FOT (feet on the table) sessions, 18; funding for, 17; historical research and cold case methodology, combining, 98; investigative techniques, 99–104; “knowledge, motive, and opportunity” axiom, 118; length of, 105; location and description of office of, 14–15; media interest in, 132, 137; multiple scenarios, simultaneous work on, 224; Pankoke on, 297–98; plenary research sessions, 111; population under enemy occupation, understanding response of, xii, xiii, 13, 32–34; previous investigations, 98–99, 164–69; reasons for pursuing, xi–xv, 13; team of investigators, 15–22, 299–301; theories developed and pursued by, 104–5; timeline of raid on Prinsengracht 263, 68–72; visitors to, 112. See also specific suspects Cold Cases and Missing Persons Department, National Police Force, 17

Cold Mist: The Dutch Notaries and the Heritage of the War (Schütz), 231

collaborators, 86, 87–89, 111–12, 150, 170–71, 176–78, 188, 267–68

La Colombe d’Or (hotel, south of France), 25

Committee for Jewish Refugees (Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen; CJV), 124, 226, 228, 317

Communist Party, Amsterdam, 33–34, 43, 45

Concertgebouw, Jewish musicians purged from, 43–44

Contact Committee, Westerbork, 266–67, 277, 355n3

Cool, Frederick, 151

Criminal Investigation Department (Rijksrecherche), 99, 100, 192, 195, 239–40, 282

crowdsourcing, use of, 103–4

Cuban visa, Otto Frank’s application for, 47

Cut, The, 199

Dachau, 30, 117, 317

“daisy chain” arrests, 209

Dalí, Salvador, 31

D-Day, 5

de Bruin, Circe, 21, 178

de Bruyn, Jeroen, 99, 171, 175, 197, 344n26

De Gaulle, Charles, 8

de Groot, Israel, 160–61

de Groot, Louis, 160–61

de Groot, Meijer, 160, 161

de Groot, Rachel, 160, 161

de Groot, Sophia, 161

de Jong, Annie. See van Dijk, Anna “Ans”

de Jong, Leopold, 151, 213–16, 267

de Jong, Loe, 247–48

de Kok, Johannes, 203

de Leeuw, Elisa Greta (Beppie), 150

de Regt, Johanna Maria “Mies,” 158, 161, 162, 272

de Vries, Clara, 43

de Vries-Harschel, Eva, 155

de Winter, Rosa “Rootje,” 76–77, 80

Dear Cara: Letters from Otto Frank (Wilson-Granat), 242

Decree no. 6/1941, 42

Decree on Hostile Property, 86

Dekker (collaborator), 132

Dekker, Eduard Douwes, xiv

Demnig, Gunter, 294–95

den Boef, Cornelis, 65

den Ouden, Joop, 149

Depue, Roger, 98

Dettman, Julius, 3, 68, 119, 150, 165, 171, 186, 187, 193, 197, 252, 277

diary of Anne Frank, 9–13; accusations of making money off of, 27, 93–94; authenticity of, 94, 190–91, 241, 280–81; on break-ins at Prinsengracht 263, 11, 65; on chestnut tree behind Annex, 134, 139; copyright and royalties from, 286–87; Critical Edition, 174–75; Definitive Edition, 174; discovered after raid, by Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, 74–75; on illness of Johannes Voskuijl, 64; “Kitty” in, 10, 11; as means of passing time in hiding, 5; “M.K.” passages referring to Nelly Voskuijl in, 174–76; NIOD, physical ownership of diaries by, 287; ownership of different versions, 25; publication of (1947), 91, 280; raid on Prinsengracht 263 and fate of, 6–7, 70; significance of, 290; three versions of, 24; on van Hoeve arrest, 209; on visibility from windows, 133

Diary of Anne Frank, The (play and film), 12, 190–91, 217, 242, 289

Dik, J., Sr., 262

Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday; Sept. 5, 1944), 215, 317

doorgangshuis, xiv

D?ring, Kurt, 125

Dubbelman, Jan Erik, 206

Dutch Children’s Committee, 294

Dutch Foundation for Literature, xi

Dutch Jews: anti-Semitism against, 17, 36, 42–44; “daisy chain” arrests of, 209; deportations of, 44–45, 49–50, 53, 220; fate of, in WWII, 4n, 17, 27, 32, 47, 85, 133, 148–49; postwar treatment of, 85–87; razzias (roundups) of, 33–34, 57, 59, 252, 291–92, 322; registration of, after German occupation, 42, 148–49; registration of businesses owned by, 49, 325; returning to Netherlands after WWII, 85–87, 293–94; statuses, types, and exemptions, 220–23; as V-people, 150–51, 155–57, 213–15. See also Jewish Council Dutch Theater (Hollandsche Schouwburg), Amsterdam, 114, 269, 290–91, 318

E. F. Dodge Paper Box Company, 46

Eckmann, Hans, 267n

Economic Inspection Agency (Wirtschaftsprüfstelle), 49, 325

Eichmann, Adolf, 148, 193, 294

Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ER), 111, 317

Elhoek (upholstery shop), 132

Elias, Buddy and Stephen, 25n, 122

Elias, Erich, 31, 36

Elias, Leni (Helene) Frank, 25n, 29, 31, 37, 93

Elias, Piet, 252

Endt, Friso, 270

Esther (Jewish employee of Otto Frank), 57–58

European General Data Protection Regulation, 100

Euterpestraat. See Sicherheitsdienst

exchange Jews, 83, 220–21

executions: of collaborators and Jew hunters, 87–88, 153–54, 162, 216; by Nazis, 3, 44, 45, 79, 145, 156

Expositur, 226, 266, 291, 317

eyewitness accounts, accuracy of, 181

face, loss/retention of, 80

Fagel, Wil, 241

FBI, 18, 19, 98, 101, 128, 240

Februaristaking (February Strike), 33–34, 45, 293, 317

female identity of maker of phone call leading to raid, 206, 347n6

Filius, Nienke, 153

fingerprint analysis, 240

first investigation of raid (1947–1948), 98–99, 164–69, 202, 279

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