Table of Contents
Preface: Memorial Day and the Memory of Unfreedom xi
Part I The Background Story
1 The Raid and the Green Policeman 3
2 The Diary of Anne Frank 9
3 The Cold Case Team 14
4 The Stakeholders 23
5 "Let's See What the Man Can Do!" 29
6 An Interlude of Safety 35
7 The Onslaught 41
8 Prinsengracht 263 48
9 The Hiding 51
10 You Were Asked. You Said Yes. 56
11 A Harrowing Incident 63
12 Anatomy of a Raid 67
13 Camp Westerbork 74
14 The Return 79
15 The Collaborators 85
16 They Aren't Coming Back 90
Part II Cold Case Investigation
17 The Investigation 97
18 The Documents Men 106
19 The Other Bookcase 110
20 The First Betrayal 113
21 The Blackmailer 121
22 The Neighborhood 129
23 The Nanny 137
24 Another Theory 143
25 The "Jew Hunters" 148
26 The V-Frau 155
27 No Substantial Proof, Part I 164
28 "Just Go to Your Jews!" 170
29 Probing Memory 181
30 "The Man Who Arrested Frank Family Discovered in Vienna" 190
31 What Miep Knew 198
32 No Substantial Proof, Part II 202
33 The Greengrocer 208
34 The Jewish Council 219
35 A Second Look 224
36 The Dutch Notary 228
37 Experts at Work 237
38 A Note Between Friends 246
39 The Typist 250
40 The Granddaughter 255
41 The Goudstikker Affair 260
42 In the Archives 266
43 A Secret Well Kept 276
Epilogue: The Shadow City 289
Afterword Vince Pankoke 299
Postscript 305
Acknowledgments 313
Archives and Institutes 323
Glossary 325
Notes 337
Bibliography 369
Index 377