Who betrayed Anne Frank?
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Do You Think That Otto Frank Knew Who This Person Was All Along?
The fact that vandenburg was jewish is a significant point that rosemary mentioned in your interview with her as well. The team, realizing that he'd had this name, a vandenberg, all along, or since very early on, realized that perhaps otto frank did not want to expose a jewish person tipping off the natses to the existence of other jewish people in hiding. He was worried about the impact that would have. This would just, you know, lead to more anti semetism. And so he indicated at some point he didn't want the descendants, the family, the children of the betrayer, to suffer for what this person had done
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