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Evidence

Did you find a lot of information for your table?

Did you notice that you filled in the first column of your table from one page of information and the second column from the next page?

This is because both sets of information are biased.

Have a look at a completed table below.

The entries in blue were taken from the Anna Anderson 1, the entries in red from Anna Anderson 2.

Evidence that suggests Anna Anderson is Anastasia	Evidence that suggests Anna Anderson is an imposter
Anastasia's aunt thought that she was very similar to Anastasia	Anastasia's aunt did not believe Anna was Anastasia although she did say that she looked similar.
One of the other inmates in the asylum told her that she looked like Nicholas II's daughter, Tatiana.	One of the other inmates in the asylum told her that she looked like Nicholas II's daughter, Tatiana. This may have put the idea into her head.
Anna Anderson knew what had happened to her after the executions.	She could not remember details of her life, but did know the details of the family bank accounts. (it is highly unlikely that Anastasia would have had this information)
Princess Cecilie, a relative of Anastasia believed that Anderson was Anastasia	She gained support from people who thought that they could benefit from the discovery
Anna Anderson acted like a mad woman because she had witnessed the execution of her family.	When Anderson was questioned by members of the Romanoff family she would often change the subject or break down and cry.
A ballerina who had been Nicholas II's mistress before he married believed that Anna had Nicholas's eyes.	Anna Anderson made a good living out of being Anastasia, she toured Europe and attended fashion shows.
Grand Duke Alexander spent two days with her and believed her to be Anastasia.	She is known to have read many magazines about the Russian royal family including one which told of the execution of the royal family and that Anastasia may have survived.
Gleb Botkin, son of the family doctor believed her story.	Anna Anderson's main supporter, Gleb Botkin, was the nephew of the Doctor who had been killed with the royal family. He had a good knowledge of the Russian palace life.
Anderson had knowledge about Anastasia's uncle Ernst of Hess that only a member of the family could have known.	Anastasia's former tutor said that Anna Anderson was 'a first rate actress'
Anna Anderson understood Russian	The real Anastasia's cousin and his wife did not believe that Anna Anderson was Anastasia
She spoke good English, French and German	Anna Anderson could read Russian, English or French.
Anna Anderson had scars on her body that she claimed had come from the gun shots and bayonet wounds	She had scars on her body that came from being involved in a grenade explosion.
	At the time Anna made her claim the people of Germany were living a harsh life and were drawn to this tragic story of a princess who was thought to be dead but had now been found
	One of Anastasia's aunts met Anna several times but eventually decided that she was not Anastasia.

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