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Someone found out about their hiding place and betrayed them to the Nazis. The Nazis removed the bookcase and at first just saw Edith Frank, then they went to the next room and discovered everybody. Anne and Margot were sent to Bergen-Belsen where they both died from illness. Typhus.
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∙ 13y ago
Anne Frank, her family, and four others were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam in 1944 when someone betrayed their secret hiding place to the authorities. They were arrested and sent to concentration camps, where Anne ultimately died.
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∙ 13y agoEarly on August 4th, 1944, The head of the local SD office, Julius Dettman, took a call that there were Jews hidden in the back rooms at 263 Prinzengracht. He said only that it came from "a reliable source". He sent Sgt. Karl Silberbauer and a few Dutch plainclothes policement to the address, and those in the annex were arrested. Dettman committed suicide immediately upon the German surrender, and no other information about who made the call was ever determined.
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∙ 12y agoPeter Griffen ate a ketchup potato chip, and the soldiers heard it.
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∙ 12y agoThose in hiding were betrayed by a person or persons unknown. Three different criminal investigations after the was failed to determine who the betrayer was.
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∙ 12y agoThe German took over France and saw anne frank in her room by barging in. Grabbed her and her family to a courtyard and shaved their heads off. Leaving them no food and died
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∙ 14y agoThere's muddle here. The Franks were found by the Green Police (Nazis).
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∙ 10y agothey found her because a traitor turned them all in to the gestapo (the german police)
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∙ 13y agoSomeone informed the Gestapo that there were Jews hiding at the Prinzengracht address.
Three separate investigations after the war were all inconclusive as to who it may have been.
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How did the police find annes hiding place in the diary of anne frank?
Well, it didn't say that in the diary of course. But somebody suspected that there were Jews hiding in the building and they called the Gestapo, and Anne and the rest were arrested.
When did German soldiers find Anne Frank?
German soldiers found Anne Frank and her family in their hiding place in Amsterdam on August 4, 1944. They were betrayed by an anonymous informer.
What did anne frank do behind the bookshelf?
some of the jews were hiding behind the book shelf so the germans dont find them and take them away and kill them
Who took Anne Frank away from her family?
Nobody nows who gave Anne frank's hiding place away if you want to find out do some research and investigate probably someone who didn't like Jews Meep knew they were there she gave them food maybe she did was she Jewish though
When did the Germans find anne Frank?
Anne Frank and her family were discovered by the Germans on August 4, 1944, after being in hiding for over two years in Amsterdam. They were arrested by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps, where Anne Frank ultimately died in early 1945.
Why did anne run away?
Ann Frank and her family went into hiding so that the Gestapo wouldn't find them.
How did anne frank find out that she had to go into hiding?
Just a few days before the Franks had to suddenly go into hiding, Otto Frank took a walk with Anne to explain to her that they were planning to do so. They actually did go into hiding about 10 days before they had planned to, because Margot got her call-up notice.
Did the green police find Anne Frank?
No, Anne Frank was discovered by the Gestapo (Nazi secret police) in Amsterdam in 1944. She was later deported to a concentration camp where she died.
Where can you go to read anne franks diary?
annes diary today is in the museum where she went into hiding.
How would the people from the holocaust get to save places?
As an example= Otto Frank, Eaded Frank, Marggot Frank, Anne Frank. Otto Frank ask his very good friends if they could find a hiding place for him and his family. People were willing to do that for their friends. So they went into hiding for 2 years.
Who wrote hiding in Amsterdam during World War 2?
Anne Frank wrote "The Diary of Anne Frank" while she and her family hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands during WW2. I did not find any book called "Hiding in Amsterdam.". See the link below for other possibilities.
Quotes about anne frank?
Sorry, I couldn't find any links that were about Anne Frank, only by Anne Frank.
