Amsterdam’s Public Transport company, which ran (and still runs) the trams in the city, played an integral part in the deportation of Jews to the death camps during the Second World War. The company billed the German occupation forces for the transport services.
Even once the defeat of the Nazi forces was imminent, the company continued to issue invoices. And they did so for two years following the end of the War, approaching authorities in West Germany for payment of the outstanding amounts.
These invoices include one for the transport of Anne Frank and her family on Tram No. 8.
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