Should we blame him, 80 years on? The results of an investigation, using 21st-Century detection methods, were released yesterday. The authors want to avoid calls for “justice”.
Finally, Anne Frank’s betrayer revealed
Glossary
Nazi occupation - The Netherlands were occupied by the Nazis from May 1940 to May 1945. Repression of the Jewish population intensified after 1941.
Auschwitz - Nazi death camp where over a million people lost their lives during WW2.
Rosemary Sullivan - A Canadian poet, biographer and anthologist, famous for her biography of Josef Stalin’s daughter Svetlana.
Nazi sympathiser - Some people outside Germany agreed with the Nazis’ aims. They often helped German forces to repress Jews and other minorities.