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Additionally line from former police detective about any police being able to tell about the hidden annex from the outside was strange. It might be true, but the man saying it, says it as he looks at the house as a famous house, in modern Amsterdam; he knows what it is so that might influence how he sees it
— Jan 31, 2022 11:54AM
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Finish oh boy. I am very confused about the chapter with the granddaughter of the man they accuse. They change her name but say she is in her 50s, she says she never heard her grandparents talk about hiding, but if she is in her 50s, and her grandfather died in 1950, how would she know?
— Feb 01, 2022 07:24PM
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Sullivan was hired to write this. But I am really surprised, even in this first part, that some editor at some point didn't point out some of the issues with research
— Jan 31, 2022 11:58AM
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Also some very strange lines and things. The line about it being hard to find a family in the Netherlands without a connection to WWII seems a slap to immigrants.
— Jan 31, 2022 11:52AM
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Questions 2
The team leaders seem surprised at the conflict between the Anne Frank House and the Anne Frank Fonds -something that appears in the news every so often as well as in many books
— Jan 31, 2022 11:50AM
The team leaders seem surprised at the conflict between the Anne Frank House and the Anne Frank Fonds -something that appears in the news every so often as well as in many books
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1. None of the historians listed so far seem to have background in Holocaust studies, just public history. Only one lists studying Amsterdam in the 1940s as an area study. The lack of a Holocaust or WW II historian is a strange omission.
— Jan 31, 2022 11:50AM
1. None of the historians listed so far seem to have background in Holocaust studies, just public history. Only one lists studying Amsterdam in the 1940s as an area study. The lack of a Holocaust or WW II historian is a strange omission.
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Started this last night, before the news broke about the Dutch publisher stopping publication for review.
Not an expert but even in part 1 I have questions
— Jan 31, 2022 11:47AM
Not an expert but even in part 1 I have questions
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Is this the book with the conclusion that (view spoiler)[Anne was betrayed by a member of the Jewish council who did it to save himself & his family? (hide spoiler)] That's been making the rounds in the news these days.
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I can see why Dutch historians are not happy and I have not even reached the conclusion.
Christine wrote: "I can see why Dutch historians are not happy and I have not even reached the conclusion."I'll be interested in hearing your thoughts once you do. I heard in the news today that the publisher stopped printing the book as well.
About halfway in. Have to say, it is really strange that none of the historians listed as on the team work in Holocaust or WWII studies. And it really doesn't do a good job in using context.
Really? I'd have imagined at least one was in the field...
It doesn't seem so. They have a list of people who were consulted, not team members per se. But one of those people is claiming that he was only asked two questions and never agreed to be a consultant.
