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I would like to thank my Canadian editor, Iris Tupholme, with whom I first worked in 1987 and who has shepherded my books through the difficult process of writing. As always, here, too, she has been wonderfully supportive, wise, and a joy to work with. She has always known how to encourage me to move beyond my own expectations. I owe her a lifetime debt.

It’s been a privilege to work with Sara Nelson. She is a great editor, always and immediately there; exacting and brilliant in her editorial comments; a perfectionist who encourages and demands the highest standards. Her patience is legion. All writers should be so lucky to have such an editor. I would especially like to thank Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper division, who initially suggested me as the writer for this project, launching me on a deeply moving journey. He generously read the manuscript and offered crucial suggestions. And finally, I would like to thank my agent, Jackie Kaiser, who, like Iris, has always been there for me, providing support and advice whenever I need them. She is wise and impassioned and cares deeply about writers and writing. I am fortunate that she is my agent.

I dedicate this book to my sisters, Patricia, Sharon, and Colleen; to my brother, Terry; and to my husband and lifetime companion, Juan Opitz. With love and gratitude.

Toronto, April 1, 2021

Rosemary Sullivan





Archives and Institutes


Anne Frank Stichting (Anne Frank Foundation), Amsterdam, Netherlands Arolsen Archives (formerly International Tracing Service), Bad Arolsen, Germany Bundesarchiv Berlin (Federal Archives Berlin), Berlin, Germany Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literature Archive Marbach), Marbach, Germany Gedenkst?tte und Museum Sachsenhausen (Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen), Oranienburg, Germany Groninger Archieven (Groningen Archives), Groningen, Netherlands Haags Gemeentearchief (Hague City Archives), Den Haag, Netherlands Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork (Memorial Center Camp Westerbork), Hooghalen, Netherlands Historisch Centrum Overijssel (Historical Center Overijssel), Zwolle, Netherlands Jewish Cultural Quarter, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Nationaal Archief (National Archives), Den Haag, Netherlands The National Archives at College Park, MD

Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel, Scheveningen, Netherlands Nederlands Dagboekarchief (National Diary Archives), Amsterdam, Netherlands NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlands Noord-Hollands Archief (North Holland Archives), Haarlem, Netherlands ?sterreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives), Vienna, Austria Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles

Russian State Military Archive, Moscow, Russia

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Vienna, Austria

Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives), Amsterdam, Netherlands Streekarchief Gooi en Vechtstreek (Regional Archives of Gooi and Vechtstreek), Hilversum, Netherlands United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC

USC Shoah Foundation—The Institute for Visual History and Education, Los Angeles Verzetsmuseum (Resistance Museum), Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Wiener Holocaust Library, London, UK

Wiener Stadt-und Landesarchiv (City and Provincial Archives of Vienna), Vienna, Austria.

Yad Vashem Archives, Jerusalem, Israel





Glossary


Abteilung Hausraterfassung (Household Inventory Agency): The department that dealt with the confiscation of Jewish household goods, which were subsequently transported to Germany. This department fell under the Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung and also worked closely with the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ER) and the Lippmann-Rosenthal bank. The Henneicke Column worked for this department.

Abwehr: German military intelligence.

Amersfoort camp: A German police concentration and transit camp in the Netherlands south of the city of Amersfoort. It was operational from August 1941 to April 1945. During that period 37,000 people were incarcerated there, of whom around 20,000 were deported to camps in the east. Around 670 people died in the camp.

Anne Frank Fonds (AFF): A foundation established in Basel, Switzerland, in 1963 by Otto Frank. It represents the Frank family, distributes Anne’s diary, and manages copyrights.

Anne Frank Stichting (AFS) (Anne Frank Foundation): The Amsterdam-based foundation established in 1957 by Otto Frank. Originally established to save the Anne Frank House and Annex from demolition, the foundation is also entrusted with the management of property and the propagating of Anne’s story and her ideals. The AFS organizes exhibitions and information about Anne Frank all over the world and is also committed to fighting anti-Semitism and racism.

Arbeitseinsatz: Forced labor for workers from the occupied territories during World War II to replace the labor of the German men who served as soldiers. In the Netherlands, Arbeitseinsatz was mandatory from January 1942. Men who would not respond to their call-up had to go into hiding.

Arrest Tracking Project: An investigative initiative by the Cold Case Team to research all arrests of Jews in 1943 and 1944 to determine the modi operandi of the Jew hunters: who worked with whom, what methods they used, how they obtained information, and so on.

Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau) concentration camp: The largest concentration and death camp in the Third Reich. It consisted of almost forty subcamps, of which Birkenau was the largest. It was established in 1942 near the south Polish city of O?wi?cim. During the war almost 1 million people, predominantly Jews, were exterminated there.