Anna Anderson

Anna Anderson

Anna Anderson (December 16, 1896 – February 12, 1984) was a woman who claimed she was Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. The real Anastasia had been murdered in Ekaterinburg with the rest of her immediate family on July 17, 1918. Her remains have been found and extensively tested using DNA samples from Anastasia's family comparing them to Anderson. There was no match at all. Anderson attempted to kill herself in 1920 in Berlin, Germany. She was taken to a mental hospital. A short time later she began to tell her false story of escape to people there. Some people believed her. Most people did not. Her false claims were pushed for 70 years. Movies were made about her story. She married Jack Manahan and called herself Anastasia Manahan. They lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she died of pneumonia in 1984.

Anna Anderson Media

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  Photographs taken of Anna Anderson at Dalldorf Asylum after her suicide attempt in 1920.

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  A comparison on the side profiles of Anastasia Nikolaevna and Anna Anderson, created by Pierre Gilliard

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  Franziska Schanzkowska, c. 1913

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  Pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff paid for Anna to stay at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island, where she first used the name Anderson.

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  Anderson's long-time supporter Gleb Botkin, c. 1960

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  Actress Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her starring role as "Anna/Anastasia" in the 1956 film Anastasia. Though inspired by Anderson's claim, the film is largely fictional.

Other websites

• Article by Peter Kurth Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine — Anna Anderson’s biographer tells why he does not believe Anna Anderson was Franziska Schanzkowska.
• Russian Forensics Archived 2008-07-30 at the Wayback Machine - A site demonstrating the Russian agenda to prove Anastasia's remains were in the grave.
• Anna Anderson Exposed - A site exposing why Anna Anderson was a fraud.
• Anna Anderson WAS Grand Duchess Anastasia — a site supporting a "conspiracy theory" surrounding Anna Anderson and Anastasia
• Article by Rey Barry — Journalist Rey Barry — friend of Anna Anderson and Jack Manahan, and a supporter of her pretensions.
• Anastasia: Duchess in DisguiseArchived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine — another website arguing that photographs of Anna Anderson look like Anastasia.
• Anastasia and Anna Anderson — A narrative of Anastasia’s death.
• Anna Anderson/ Anastasia Manahan — A paper written by a supporter with a list of reasons why they believe that Anna Anderson was Anastasia.
• Anastasia: The Truth - A website correcting misstatements recently made about Anastasia and Anna Anderson.
• HIH Grand Duchess Anastasia Historical Society Archived 2007-01-28 at the Wayback Machine - A web site telling the story of Anastasia Nikolaevna and the woman who claimed to be her.
• Could Anna Anderson be Anastasia? Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine - A web site discussing the DNA tests done on Anna Anderson.
• Anastasia: The Unmasking Of Anna Anderson Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine - An online article on Anna Anderson and her claim.