Anne Frank's killers' accomplices included? Dutch database of Nazi collaborators goes public

A government archive known as the Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR), which contains the names of some 300,000 Dutch suspected to have collaborated with the Nazis during the country's occupation in WWII, will start to come online this year, according to DutchNews.

The database contains names of people merely suspected of collaboration, those who were falsely accused, and those who were convicted and sentenced to punishments of varying lengths after the war and the country's liberation by the Allies. It will also likely include those at least accused of helping the Nazis to round up and murder Dutch Jews during the Holocaust.

Until now, access to the database was restricted due to strict privacy protections for anyone still living. Now that most of the people are presumed deceased, the digitization and opening of the archive can take place, with the full digitization expected to be concluded by 2027.

The project managing the digitization of the files is called Oorlog voor de Rechter (War on trial). The files will be coming online at their website as the digitization continues apace.