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    "title": "Anne Frank, the untold story",
    "subtitle": "The hidden truth about Elli Vossen, the youngest helper of the Secret Annex",
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    "annotation": "A \u201cnever-before-told true story about Anne Frank\u201d and a \u201ccarefully hidden truth\u201d as well as Bep and her fathers \u201cboundless loyalty in life\u201d are important issues. Beautifully written with simplicity.",
    "description": "Many facets about the hiders in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam have been highlighted throughout the years, but, remarkably enough, the role of Otto Frank\u2019s young secretary Bep Voskuijl, Elli Vossen in Anne Frank\u2019s Diary, has received very little attention. Belgian journalist Jeroen De Bruyn and Bep\u2019s son Joop van Wijk dove into her past and reconstructed her tragic, but fascinating life. Bep is 23 years old when, in 1942, she is let in on the secret of the eight hiders on Prinsengracht. During the next 25 months, she becomes a pillar of support for Anne Frank, with whom she builds an intense friendship. Bep buys clothes and food for the hiders and supplies Anne with paper to write her diary. Things aren\u2019t easy for Bep: her father, the maker of the famous revolving bookcase, becomes gravely ill in 1943, and her sister collaborates with the Germans. Bep leads a double life, keeping this secret from her boyfriend and family. When the Germans raid the hiding place on August 4, 1944, and arrest the hiders, Bep escapes in horror. Later, she rescues a large part of Anne\u2019s writings. The news of the deaths of seven out of the eight hiders \u2013 only Otto Frank returns from the concentration camps \u2013 leaves deep scars.\n\nANNE FRANK, THE UNTOLD STORY casts a new light on Anne Frank\u2019s short life, by means of previously unknown witnesses and documents. That makes this book a valuable addition to her world-famous Diary. Moreover, it\u2019s a tribute to those brave Dutch people who risked their lives to save Jews. Finally, the book adds a remarkable name to the list of people who could have betrayed the hiders of the Secret Annex.\n\nJeroen De Bruyn (1993) wrote for various Belgian magazines and for the Gazet van Antwerpen, the newspaper for which he is currently editor.\nJoop van Wijk (1949) is Bep Voskuijl\u2019s youngest son. As a marketing manager, he was connected to Dutch newspapers NRC Handelsblad and Algemeen Dagblad for years.",
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