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A shocking film, uncovering the painful truth about indifference to, and collaboration with the Nazis in WWII, when 75 percent of the Jews in the Netherlands were annihilated.

After a lengthy quest, Willy Lindwer unravels the truth about the betrayal of his aunt and uncle, who went into hiding in the eastern village of Varsseveld. They and six others were betrayed by a young family who coveted the apartment where some of them were in hiding. The family received a 75-guilder-reward for their pains, and the aunt and uncle were gassed in Auschwitz.

Together with the internationally renowned Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, Lindwer delves into the history of Lipmann-Rosenthal (LIRO). This bank plundered Jewish assets during the war and used the money to fund the Nazi murder machine, and Mulisch's own father, an Austrian who took Dutch citizenship, was one of its directors during the occupation. Mulisch had a Jewish mother, who divorced his father before the war. For the first time, Mulisch talks openly and at length to the camera about his father's role.

This investigation into the dark past explains why Anne Frank and 100,000 other Dutch Jews were deported.