First version April 21, 2022, updated February 7, 2023

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

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Chris Ethier. Major points from the Refutation of the Betrayal of Anne Frank. The Fish Shelf, [USA], 04-04-2022.
https://fishshelf.blogspot.com/2022/04/major-points-from-refutation-of.html

Magdalena Mikrut-Majeranek. Kto zdradził Anne Frank? To pilnie strzeżony sekret czy nierozwiązana tajemnica?  Hist Mag, Warszawa, 06-04-2022.
Interview with Rosemary Sullivan and Vincent Pankoke. In it not one single critical question is asked. 
https://histmag.org/Kto-zdradzil-Anne-Frank-To-pilnie-strzezony-sekret-czy-nierozwiazana-tajemnica-23861

Niels Herijgens. Niks geleerd van dat onzinboek over Anne Frank. BN DeStem, Breda, 06-04-2022.
'Learned nothing from that nonsense book about Anne Frank' – article about a new book by Frans Peeters in which a theory is launched that the Dutch king Willem III shot his father, king Willem II in 1849. With a certainty of “90%”.
Herijgers: “Gosh, what does all this remind you of? Oh yes, about that other book, which appeared earlier this year The Betrayal of Anne Frank. (...)
Of course, that regicide story is of a different caliber than that about Anne Frank. The latter is - rightly - much more sensitive: the girl who died in a concentration camp is a symbol of the Holocaust, one of the greatest horrors in our history. And those nineteenth-century kings, well, we all considered them to be a bit of lunatics. Moreover, Peeters is much more modest than the people behind the Anne Frank investigation, who boasted with their cold case team and their former FBI detective: bluff, show and swagger masked the hot air."

Star Staff. The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending April 6, 2022. Toronto Star, Toronto, 06-04-2022.
Canadian non-fiction: (...) 6. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, HarperCollins, Canada.  
https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/books-and-authors/the-bestselling-books-in-canada-for-the-week-ending-april-6-2022/article_d654d3e9-1cfc-5351-9756-0dd8742736f1.html

Matthijs le Loux. De herkomst en betrouwbaarheid van onze bronnen. Nu.nl, Amsterdam, 07-04-2022.
The provenance and reliability of our sources - "Despite our care, we sometimes make a mistake. "It has happened that we assumed something too carelessly and later it turned out not to be correct", sighs Matthijs. This happened with a recent investigation into the possible betrayal of Anne Frank. The investigation showed that the Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh was responsible for the betrayal. "Not the slightest accusation, and therefore extra important to verify such a report thoroughly. Unfortunately, we did not do this well enough, because the investigation proved to be problematic on many levels. There was not enough evidence to prove Van den Bergh's guilt." After such an error, it is important to 'generously correct', as it is called in journalism. "We have to come clean about our mistakes and explain to our visitors where we went wrong and what really happened."
https://www.nu.nl/ontstaan-missie-en-visie/6193854/de-herkomst-en-betrouwbaarheid-van-onze-bronnen.html

Rianne Oosterom. Interview Bart van der Boom. Hoe had de Joodse Raad kunnen weten van de Holocaust? Trouw, Amsterdam, 09-04-2022.
[How could the Jewish Council have known about the Holocaust?]
https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/hoe-had-de-joodse-raad-kunnen-weten-van-de-holocaust~b57b33a3/

Connie Wiering. Folkert Jensma: 'Journalistiek is de grondwet in actie.' Spreekbuis.nl, [Hilversum], 12-04-2022.
[Interview with the deputy chairman of the Dutch trade union for journalists. He says: "The strict embargo of "The Betrayal of Anne Frank" was a national confrontation that many editors-in-chief will have regretted afterwards. It was all so cleverly staged, directed, spun, pre-sold and negotiated that there was absolutely no freedom left. And then it is better not to have such an embargo. Then you have more in your hands and a better article."]
https://www.spreekbuis.nl/folkert-jensma-journalistiek-is-de-grondwet-in-actie-nvj/

Vincent Bongers. De Joodse Raad was geen 'werktuig van de vijand' en werd onterecht verketterd. [Over De politiek van het kleinste kwaad van Bart van der Boom]. Mare, Leiden, 14-04-2022.
https://www.mareonline.nl/achtergrond/de-joodse-raad-werd-onterecht-zondebok/

Stuart Nulman. Book review - The Betrayal of Anne Frank. Montreal Times, Montreal, [15-04-2022].
https://mtltimes.ca/books/book-review-the-betrayal-of-anne-frank/

Politiek van het kleinste kwaad. [Interview met Bart van der Boom]. OVT, VPRO Radio, Hilversum, 17-04-2022.
https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/ovt/speel~PREPR_RA1_16881059~de-joodse-raad~.html

Star Staff. The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending April 20, 2022. Toronto Star, Toronto, 20-04-2022.
'The Betrayal of Anne Frank' for the 10th week in the non fiction Top-10. 
https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/books-and-authors/the-bestselling-books-in-canada-for-the-week-ending-april-20-2022/article_00456027-aecb-5d5e-8eac-2604d6688d0a.html

Ruben Vis. Painful aftermath to Anne Frank cold case. Australian Jewish News, Melbourne / Sidney, 21-04-2022.
https://www.australianjewishnews.com/painful-aftermath-to-anne-frank-cold-case/

Carmen Coetsee. 'The Betrayal of Anne Frank': Cold case team's investigation kicks up dust. The South African, Cape Town, 23-04-2022.
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/culture/books/the-betrayal-of-anne-frank-rosemary-sullivan-vince-pankoke-review/

Karen Bartlett. The full story of Otto Frank's bid to publish Anne's writings. The Times, London, 26-04-2022.
[Basically an advertiorial for her own book]
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-full-story-of-otto-franks-bid-to-publish-annes-writings-8qt8zsrfx

Kester Freriks. 14 oorlogsverhalen binnen één familie. NRC, Amsterdam, 27-04-2022.
[The Betrayal book is shortly mentioned. Author Guus Luijters calls it: "The so-called cold case story 'The betrayal of Anne Frank' [is] a "rubbish story full of historical errors."]
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/04/27/14-oorlogsverhalen-binnen-1-familie-a4118594

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May 2022

[$] Ruth Franklin. Beyond the Betrayal. The New York Review of Books, CNew York, 26-05-2022.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/05/26/beyond-the-betrayal-anne-frank/

Dan Stone. Anne Frank's diary at 75: why it holds a special place in Holocaust literature. The Conversation, Carlton (Australia), 27-05-2022.
https://theconversation.com/anne-franks-diary-at-75-why-it-holds-a-special-place-in-holocaust-literature-183489

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