According to new research Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who kept a diary about her life in Amsterdam hiding from the Nazis, died earlier in the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen than previously believed.
The conclusion was published on 31 March, the 70th anniversary of the official date of the deaths of Anne and her sister Margot that was set by Dutch authorities after the war.
Researchers Erika Prins and Gertjan Broek, however, say that Anne and Margot likely died of typhus in February 1945. Their research is based on a combination of eyewitness accounts and documents, and at least one new interview, and underscores the horrific conditions Jews endured in the Bergen-Belsen camp where Anne died at the age of 15.
The researchers used the archives of the Red Cross, the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, and the Bergen-Belsen Memorial, in addition to as many eyewitness testimonies of survivors as possible, according to a statement from the Anne Frank House.
