A new study by the Anne Frank House museum reveals that the arrest of the young author and her family was an accident.

One theory being considered is that a raid which occurred on Aug. 4, 1944, resulted in Frank's capture. The said foray is believed to have been part of an investigation into illegal labor and faked ration vouchers at the canal area where the young diarist and other Jews hid for over two years. 

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Ronald Leopold, the executive director of the museum, stated that the theory "illustrates that other scenarios should also be considered" especially with the lack of evidence that Frank's family was betrayed during the Second World War.

The new study indicates the involvement of two people who conducted illegal dissemination of ration cards at the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam. In 1944, they were arrested but later on released, according to records from Dutch authorities. The record makes mention of Frank's journal.

The researchers say that the people who caught Frank's family and others may not have been targeting Jews. Further, records show that the police lingered on in the area for more than two hours which was too long if their only purpose was to arrest those in the annex.

Further, an entry in Frank's journal in Mar. 1944 hinted to researchers that the raid was not due to betrayal but to illegal working activities. In her writing from Mar. 10, 1944, Frank talked about the raid that caught two men involved in the trade of illegal ration cards. Frank named them as "B" for Martin Brouwer and "D" for Pieter Daatzelaar. On Mar. 14, she wrote: "B and D have been caught, so we have no coupons."

The diary of Anne Frank talked about the victims of Holocaust. She described how individuals hiding were caught during the Prinsengracht 263 raid and were carried to death camps in Auschwitz. The summary of the journal questioned who betrayed the writer and her companions.

Frank died at the age of 15 due to typhus while she was at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.