Anne Frank Betrayed: Nazis Storm the Secret Annexe
German police stormed the Achterhuis on August 4, 1944, following an unidentified informer's tip, and dragged Anne Frank and her companions into a brutal chain of arrests that ended in their deportation to Auschwitz. This betrayal by collaborators like Miep Braams, who likely exposed two hundred Jewish families, sealed the fate of those hiding while leaving rescuers like Miep Gies with only scattered papers to preserve for a future that never came for the Franks.
August 4, 1944
82 years ago
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