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Karl Josef Silberbauer (21 June 1911 – 2 September 1972) was an Austrian police officer, Schutzstaffel (SS) member, and undercover investigator for the West German Bundesnachrichtendienst (federal intelligence service).
Karl Silberbauer was the SD man who arrested Anne Frank and her family in 1944. He was tracked down by Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal in 1963 and cleared of any involvement in a traitor.
Karl Silberbauer was an SS man and a policeman who arrested Anne Frank and her family in 1944. Learn about his background, role, and post-war fate from the Anne Frank House's online archive.
Karl Silberbauer was the SS officer who led the raid on 4 August 1944 and discovered the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Learn what happened that day, how the people were taken away, and what became of Anne's diary.
Apr 11, 2011 · On August 4, 1944, Karl Josef Silberbauer, an SS-Oberscharfuehrer (senior squad leader ) of Austrian origin, led Dutch policemen into the old building on 263 Prinsengracht Street in Amsterdam, where the Frank family was hiding.
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In 1963, after the Austrian “Nazi-hunter” Simon Wiesenthal tracked down the former SS Officer Karl Joseph Silberbauer, the man who had led the raid on the Secret Annex, the assumption of betrayal seemed to be confirmed. Consequently, until now the literature on this subject has always focused on the question of who?
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Karl Silberbauer was a German SS officer who led the raid on Prinsengracht 263 on 4 August 1944 and arrested the people in hiding, including Anne Frank and her family. Learn about the details of the raid, the interrogation and the transport to Westerbork.
