The Capture of Anne Frank

Aug 4, 2025
17 mins

Episode Description

August 4, 1944. Jewish teen Anne Frank and her family are discovered by the Gestapo after two years in hiding in a “secret annex” behind her father’s business in Amsterdam. This episode originally aired in 2022.


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