Anne Frank Betrayed: Nazis Storm the Secret Annexe
The Gestapo raided the hidden annex at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam on August 4, 1944, after receiving a tip that remains disputed to this day. SS Sergeant Karl Silberbauer led the raid that captured Anne Frank, her family, the Van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer. They were sent to Westerbork transit camp, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Anne and her sister Margot were later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where both died of typhus in February 1945, just weeks before liberation. Otto Frank, the only survivor among the eight hiding occupants, returned to Amsterdam and was given Anne's diary by Miep Gies, who had hidden it. Published in 1947, the diary has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 30 million copies.
August 4, 1944
82 years ago
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