Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family?

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” ― Anne Frank

If Otto Frank knew the identity of the person who betrayed his family, then he was a bigger and better person than I could ever hope to be.

In South Korea, I had my students read her diary. One student wrote a letter to her even though she knows she was long gone. It was a beautiful letter from one innocent girl to another... so I copied the letter and sent it to the curator of the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam. They sent her an official letter from the museum. It was so special and I called the student into the meeting with the academy principal to give her the letter. She didn't know that I had sent it in. Anne Frank's story is so inspiring and moving even in this present age.

I am disgusted that that poor teacher recently was fired because she read the Diary of Ann Frank. So sick of this world.

Anne's father finding this out after he lost his family had to have been so difficult to handle.

When I first read her diary, I thought I'd be reading something that was only about sadness and fear. On the contrary, her diary tells of her heart and her hope mixed with the sadness of being trapped. The heartbreaking part is how close she was to surviving the whole thing. She is a shining star in the misery of humanity. We need more people like her in this world, especially nowadays when schools are removing books (again) from their bookshelves.

Her diary left a mark on anyone with a heart.

Considering my anxiety issues, I have no idea how I'd survive living in survival mode, in a house, not allowed to come outside for years...I'd go insane. The bravery of these people..

Even as a father i cannot begin to imagine the pain Otto Frank felt for his family’s loss. What an evil regime. We cannot allow this to happen ever again.

She wanted to be remembered, even after her death, and she has been. We honor you down here, Anne.

The very first problem with this investigation is that there's a book deal attached to it. They HAD to find a suspect.

I read Anne’s diary when I was 12. Journaling has been a part of my life since then.

This tragedy resulted in a meaningful contribution to humanity. At 15 years old, Anne has one of the most read books ever written. She is a inspiration for my life.

She documented the darkest period of time in The Diary of a Young Girl. An innocent girl writing her dairy would have never thought the posthumous fame she will get after 75 years of death. May her soul rest in peace.

I would have rather died than betrayed people like that.

For those who are interested in more History, I have read some books about the survivals, including Anne Frank's friend (I can't remeber her name now), who was kind of privilged because her father worked at the bank. She was the last person to see Anne and has a beautiful story by her own full of hope.

One can only fathom what Otto felt when he read the anonymous tip. It took a lot of courage to continue on with life the way he did.

I visited the Anne Frank house when I was in Amsterdam. It was in a very nice part of Amsterdam, a canal house. I remember going inside and they did a wonderful job preserving it. I don't normally get emotional when I visit historical sites, even though I know horrors took place there. But when I got to her room, and seeing some photos from magazine clippings and sort, gosh, I started really getting emotional and crying. She was just a kid, did nothing wrong to anyone in this world. To be punished just for living and being a Jew. No one deserves to be hunted like that. I remember saying something to her just like, "I'm so sorry. The world failed you".

Imagine..nobody betrayed her family.. the words "we made it out! The war is over" would be in her diary..she would be a writer now..

Back in the 1970's I had selected her book off the library shelf in Jr. High school without having any idea what it was about, or who Anne Frank was. I only knew it was about another teenage girl slightly older than I was. And being a teenage girl myself I thought reading her diary would be interesting. The book was an eye opening shock and I instantly grew up quite a bit after having read it. It was the first I had learned of the atrocities committed by Nazi's during WWII. I will always mourn in my heart for this precious girl and her family who never got to complete their lives, and for the many other poor souls who also had their lives stolen.