Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Now, thanks to radical new technology and the obsession of a retired FBI agent, this book offers an answer. Rosemary Sullivan unfolds the story in a gripping, moving narrative. Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teenaged 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 works - journalism, books, plays and novels - devoted to Anne's story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years - and 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 documents - some never before seen - and interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilising methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest - and 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 behaviour 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.

‘Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation’ New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Now, thanks to radical new technology and the obsession of a retired FBI agent, this book offers an answer. Rosemary Sullivan unfolds the story in a gripping, moving narrative. Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teenaged 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 works – journalism, books, plays and novels – devoted to Anne’s story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years – and 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 documents – some never before seen – and interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilising methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest – and 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 behaviour 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. Rosemary Sullivan is the author of eleven books. She is also a poet, essayist and journalist. She has edited eight anthologies. She has lectured across Canada and in the US, England, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden. Belgium, Spain, India, Puerto Rico, Chile, and Mexico. Sullivan teaches at the University of Toronto. She was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal (2008) by the Royal Society of Canada for distinguished contributions to Canadian literature and culture.

Nevyřešená záhada, nebo přísně střežené tajemství? Deník Anne Frankové si přečetlo více než třicet milionů lidí na celém světě. Třináctiletá židovská dívka Anne si ho psala, když se za druhé světové války skrývala se svou rodinou a dalšími čtyřmi osobami v tajném Přístavku jednoho amsterdamského domu, dokud je nacisté nezatkli a neposlali do koncentračního tábora. Od té doby celé generace fascinuje záhada, kdo Anne a její rodinu zradil? A proč? Navzdory hojnému počtu děl – článkům, knihám, divadelním hrám – o Annině osudu však nikdo jasně nevysvětlil, jak se osmi lidem podařilo přežít více než v těsném úkrytu a kdo nebo co nakonec přivedlo nacisty na jejich stopu. A právě tuto záhadu objasnil mezinárodní tým odborníků, který vedl zvláštní agent FBI ve výslužbě Vincent Pankoke, pomocí moderních technologií, nedávno objevených dokumentů a sofistikovaných vyšetřovacích metod. Tento neúnavný a zapálený tým vyšetřovatelů, badatelů i dobrovolníků důkladně prostudoval desítky tisíc stran spisů, včetně těch, které dosud nikdo nespatřil. Vedl rozhovory s mnoha potomky lidí, kteří rodinu Frankových znali. S využitím metod vyvinutých FBI vyšetřovatelé pečlivě rekonstruovali několikaměsíční sled událostí, které v srpnu 1944 vedly k nechvalně proslulému zatčení, a dospěl k šokujícímu závěru. Kniha Kdo zradil Anne Frankovou? je poutavým vyprávěním o této misi. Autorka, uznávaná novinářka a historička Rosemary Sullivan, představuje vyšetřovatele, vysvětluje motivy skrývajících se osob i jejich pronásledovatelů a vytváří profily podezřelých. Zároveň barvitě vykresluje živý obraz válečného Amsterdamu, místa, kde bez ohledu na to, jak bohatí, vzdělaní a opatrní jste byli, nikdy jste nevěděli, komu můžete věřit.

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