Who was blackmailing Anne Frank?
For more than 20 years, employee Van Maaren was the main suspect. A petty thief and unsavory braggart, Van Maaren was investigated shortly after the war, but nothing was proved.
Did Miep betray the Franks?
For the next two years, until the Franks and four others, who later went into hiding with them, were ultimately betrayed, Gies and her husband used pluck and illegal ration cards to provide food and other supplies to the upstairs prisoners.
Who found Anne Frank’s diary?
How was the diary preserved? After the arrest of the eight people in hiding, helpers Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl found Anne’s writings in the Secret Annex. Miep held on to Anne’s diaries and papers and kept them in a drawer of her desk. She hoped that she would one day be able to return them to Anne.
What was Anne Frank’s last entry?
A bundle of contradictions
Anne’s last entry was written on Tuesday 1 August 1944. It reads: Dearest Kitty, “A bundle of contradictions” was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one.
When did Tonny Ahlers get out of jail?
Ahlers was arrested and convicted for his collaboration with the Nazis in 1946. In June 1947, Otto Frank published the first edition of Anne’s diary and in early 1948, Ahlers was released from prison. Shortly afterwards, Ahlers started to claim he had been the one to discover the group in the annexe.
What did Tonny Ahlers do in the Netherlands?
When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, Ahlers joined the private police force of the Fokker aircraft company. During his time with the police force Ahlers tracked down Jews in hiding and reported on them to the authorities. While this work may have been done because of political conviction it could equally have been done for financial gain.
What was the relationship between Otto Frank and Tonny Ahlers?
On his return from Auschwitz Frank discovered that Ahlers was in custody. He wrote to the authorities explaining that Ahlers had helped him over the letter incident in 1941. However, except for this contact in 1941 there is no evidence of any further connection between Ahlers and Otto Frank.