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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Author of the controversial new Anne Frank book defends her work against 'misplaced' criticism
Description: Rosemary Sullivan, the Canadian author of more than a dozen books, knew she'd get some pushback for her latest non-fiction endeavour, a book that casts the Anne Frank story in a troubling new light. But she never expected it to be this bad. The city of Amsterdam demanded 100,000 euros back from the subjects of Sullivan's story; Dutch newspapers issued bold retractions on their front pages; the book's Dutch publisher publicly apologized to readers for offending them.
At the root of the controversy is a startling revelation alleged in Sullivan's new book, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A...