(REUTERS) — AMSTERDAM — The main umbrella group for Europe’s national Jewish communities urged HarperCollins to pull a book that suggests a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank, saying it had tarnished the teenage diarist’s memory and the dignity of Holocaust survivors.
The U.S.-based publisher released the English language edition of “The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation”, by Rosemary Sullivan, on Jan 18.
It caused a sensation by naming Arnold van den Bergh as the main suspect in exposing the family’s hideout to the Nazis. Independent researchers subsequently criticised the book’s findings.
