Statement: Anne Frank House and cold case investigation

Since 2017 Proditione Media has been working on a production – ‘Cold Case Diary’ – in which an investigation led by retired FBI agent Vince Pankoke is carried out into the arrest of Anne Frank and the other people in hiding in the Secret Annex.

The book The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan, which will be published on 18 January, reports on the investigation and the cold case team’s conclusions.

The background to and events of the arrest of Anne Frank are questions that continue to occupy many people’s minds. The Anne Frank House was not involved in the cold case investigation, but it did share its archives and museum with the team, as well as its own 2016 investigation into the arrest of the people in hiding.

The Anne Frank House is impressed by the work that the cold case team has carried out. The investigation was carefully set up and performed, and the book The Betrayal of Anne Frank reports on it in an engaging and readable way.

“At the Anne Frank House we aim to tell the life story of Anne Frank as fully as possible, so it’s important to also examine the arrest of Anne Frank and the seven other people in the Secret Annex in as much detail as possible. The cold case team’s investigation has generated important new information and a fascinating hypothesis that merit further research.” - Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House

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