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Was Anna Anderson really Anastasia Romanov?. Kara Bennett. Anastasia Romanov. Youngest and last daughter of the last Russian czar, Nicholas II Was known as “Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess” Nicknamed “imp” by family Enjoyed spending time with her family, taking videos, and joking.
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Was Anna Anderson really Anastasia Romanov? Kara Bennett
Anastasia Romanov • Youngest and last daughter of the last Russian czar, Nicholas II • Was known as “Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess” • Nicknamed “imp” by family • Enjoyed spending time with her family, taking videos, and joking
Romanov family assassination • On July 16, 1918, the Romanov family was lead into a cellar • They were shot and stabbed by the Bolsheviks • Were meant to be buried in a mine shaft, but instead disposed of in a shallow pit
How the myth started • Two amateur Russian historians discovered the grave 20 miles from Ekaterinburg • Bodies were missing out of the pit • Alexei and Anastasia were believed to have survived
Anna Anderson • In 1922, claimed to be Anastasia after having attempted suicide • Lived in a mental hospital where someone saw her resemblance to Anastasia • “Anastasia” claimed to have been smuggled away from the assassination scene by a member of the firing squad
Could she have been Anastasia? • Yes because… • No because…
Yes because… • She could understand Russian • DNA tests proved that she wasn’t FranziskaSchanzkowksa, a Polish worker who went missing in 1920 • Anna’s ear matched Anastasia’s ear in a matching test - ears are unique for everyone • Close relatives of Anastasia recognized her right away • She remembered only things Anastasia could have known such as her nickname for an old man
No because… • She refused to speak Russian, therefore leading people to believe she didn’t know it • DNA tests proved she wasn’t Anastasia Romanov • DNA tests proved she was more closely related to FranziskaSchanzkowska • Close relatives of Anastasia denied that Anna could be her
http://anomalyinfo.com/articles/sa00021.shtml • http://www.peterkurth.com/ROMANOV%20BONES.htm • http://russian-ukrainian-belarus-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/was_anastasia_anna_anderson