The Story of Barbro Karlen's Proof That She Is Anne Frank Reincarnated

Ma'am do you believe it's true? I want to know more about this topic . Please enlighten more about this particular Anne case

I believe reincarnation strongly. I have been studying about who we are and why we are here? Where we going after? and how we are coming back again. This process is big thing than we think. Half of the human will not believe it as we are not developed our inner mind to see it or understand it. We are not our body we are spiritual being who are in this life cycle. We are on our way to home of heaven until we go there we all will stuck in this life cycle. Born and Die.

Memories on past life has proven so many and already documented.

Life is not what we are really know or what we see. If someone interesting pleas try to find books and document and many documentations publish by Dr. Raymond A Moody MD,Dr. Jan Stevenson MD, Dr Brian weiss MD.

Yes I do believe that she Anne Frank in her last lifetime and I know who I was in my last lifetime. I wrote about it on here.

I totally believe in reincarnation, always have.

There’s so much that she can verify about the life that she once lead. I believe in many lives many masters, it’s a very good book I totally believe that she is telling the truth, take that long hair away from her and she looks a lot like her. She knows and she possesses a lot of information that really may not be out there. For me there is no other explanation. How can a girl that’s never been to Amsterdam in her whole life, Know exactly where to go and what house it was?

Has to be reincarnation!!

I believe wholeheartedly that we do have several lives. I believe we have 1 soul and many lives. What I don't understand is why it's so hard to believe. There are many clues to this but some people refuse to go outside of the box. Listen to children as they have the strongest memories. Write those memories down.

I believe we've lived past lives and we bring some of those memories with us into the next. Perhaps it was the trauma of the concentration camp and early death that brought her back. Maybe Anne Frank had some unfinished business.

Whatever the reason, this is an amazing story.

reincarnation is as true as possible. when we leave three-dimensional world and slip into four or more dimensional world, we can remember everything after being reborn in this three-dimensional world.

Excellent and thorough article, Nell. Well done for compiling it. I had past-life memories since my early childhood, all of which have been confirmed over the years. I do approach this subject sceptically, however, only because some people exaggerate or even make things up. But when there is overwhelming evidence, I do not think that a rational person can continue to deny the possibility of pre-existence in other lifetimes. I believe that this is a true reincarnation account. Thank you for posting this article for all of us to read.

i dont believe my opinion

Interesting...sadly no one will know whether it is the truth or not. Talking about reincarnations...have you ever read about the Indian scripture BHRIGUSAMHITA? Do check it out! It is more on the astrological side, but claims to contain all lives of all humans as per the position of the stars. Seems like the writer, Bhrigu Rishi, had managed to find out the karmic cycle's working.

Again, sadly, no one will know whether it is true or not! Nevertheless, interesting!

Hi Nell. I would love to believe this but it is in the realm of the unknown, at least, on my part.

Hi, thank you for this post and others on reincarnation. I can relate so much to this story. Like many who now believe in reincarnation l was raised in a Christian home with Christian beliefs of heaven and hell. Until one day (like waking up from a long coma l started to have these strong memories of a medieval life in France. It came in pieces and felt like l had been living in someone elses life up to that point and that l finally remembered who l really was. Bit by bit these memories came until l was able to piece together who l was from everything l remembered. To finally find my name which l onky remembered partly (because it was in another language and 700 years ago), was shocking especially when l knew l was a noble woman. Its interesting that we believe children who have reincarnation memeories but we are suspicious of grown adults who have memories. Everybodys story is their own and only they know whonthey were. There are a few people who yes have fantasies of being someone special, but who is anyone to question. The memories of adults may not be as clear or detailed but they should be respected, especially in the spiritual world. It doesnt matter if the person they once were was famous or is famous, just that they may actually hold the key to many unanswered questions about that time and that person. People either believe in reincarnation or dont but they dont need to discredit anothers experience just to prove themselves right. I was once someone very wealthy and l was able to remember this PL in more detail than mny adults. What had held me back from sharing my story is that there are those (few) who think that l may be trying to elevate myself to being someone l wasnt even people who claim to believe in reincarnation. Its dusappointing really because we just block other peoples memories and the world is less for it. I hope people can stop being jealous and envious of other people and just learn to celebrate their memories and respect them. Because they dont know and never will, only that person who lived that life can know for sure. I will write a book and have reached the stage where l truly dont care if people believe me or not l can only live in my truth. Lets all just respect anothers life and experiences and cease the judgements and suspicion.

This is a really interesting story and its quite obvious that there is definitely something going on. Now that I think about it, I doubt its reincarnation, it seems more like spirit possession. People have seen Anne, as in a 'ghost', which makes me think it is indeed spirit possession. Anne's soul should be with Barbro. I don't actually think its possible for Anne's soul to leave Barbro if she was the reincarnation.

I believe in recarnation I want to find my past life but my mum says need to be adult I recon I was roman,Greek,,Viking dudes and middle ages like a peasant

Thanks for giving these information....I am making a wall magazine about reincarnation with my school friends and personally interested about Anne Franks....so thanks a lot..

She's crazypants. First, she has no one supporting her story, including her parents, her teachers, friends, or the psychiatrist who saw her when she was six. She claims she knew details "only Anne could know," but unlike other cases, such as James Leininger, there are no names, dates, incidents, details, or anything else she reveals that isn't already in the public domain. Some of what she says is at variance with vetted, fact-checked accounts from eyewitnesses.

She claims that at age two, she said her name was Anne, not Barbro, and that her parents weren't her "real" parents. It's not uncommon for children to do this, or to engage in extended fantasy that they are somebody else. As she says, she never grew out of that phase. That doesn't mean she's reincarnated, just a case of arrested mental and social development. Conveniently, she purposely hid it from the psychiatrist who saw her, resulting in an inaccurate diagnosis.

She admits she learned about Anne Frank in school at age 7 or 8; she probably would have viewed pictures of the House, Anne's room, and probably Anne herself, allowing Barbro to identify and fantasize even more. It's very odd that she would have kept her alt-identity a complete secret; I'm not aware of any other child reincarnation claimants who have done this. However, her parents were obviously aware, even if they believed she was fantasizing. If so, certainly they would have thought, even briefly, about the implications of taking her to the Anne Frank House on the family vacation when she was 10.

No one has bothered to verify that the Karlen family ever visited the Anne Frank House in 1964 or any other year, even though this is where much of the "proof" occurs in her narrative. She allegedly led her parents to the House from their hotel ("not far," and "only a ten-minute walk" away) even though she had never been to Amesterdam before and it is full of winding streets. 263 Prinsengracht is not that hard to find; it not only faces the Prisengracht canal, it is just a few doors down from the Westerkerk, a very large, famous church whose spire reaches a height of 282 feet -- easily visible from anywhere in the local area. The House was already famous by 1964, receiving over 10K visitors annually, so it's likely the local hotels had pamphlets, maps, phone books, and tour directories showing its location. If she was the "highly functioning, intelligent" child her psychiatrist said she was, she could easily have read a map or a brochure to find the nearby House -- or just used the church spire to get there.

Upon arriving, Barbro recalls that she remarked the steps were different. They hadn't yet entered the building, so she must have been referencing the exterior steps. The problem is that the House has never had exterior steps in front at any time, as images from www.annefrank.org show. Also, this was after the 1957 renovation to make the building look just as it did when the Franks hid there.

The next "proof" offered is that she said she saw pictures on the wall of Anne's room, even though the pictures had supposedly been removed for preservation/theft protection/framing (depending on which account you read). However, there's no evidence that the pictures were removed any time during the 1960s for any reason; www.annefrank.org offers a detailed account of the restorations and preservation efforts for Anne's room, including the pictures. Pictures were never removed for framing. They were not removed to prevent theft, nor taken down for preservation efforts during the 1960s (preservation happened later, but replicas were placed on the walls during that time). It's likely Barbro saw a picture of Anne's room when her teacher taught about Anne Frank and knew there should be pictures on Anne's wall. It's also almost certain that the pictures were there when she visited the House, but this anecdote is used as manufactured "proof" that Barbro is reincarnated Anne.

Finally, she claims to have seen a flashback of a green-uniformed soldier, to have felt dizzy, panicked, and cold while in the building, and to have had a traumatic emotional reaction to her visit. None of these reactions are proof of anything. If she had been fantasizing for years that she was Anne, she would be likely to experience such physical reactions in the House. Susceptible or suggestible people, including children, can have panic attacks and symptoms of physical illness anywhere, especially if they associate their location with trauma or fear. Other people with agoraphobia, anxiety, and claustrophobia have also suffered symptoms there, but no one takes that as proof that they are reincarnated occupants.

Now that we've debunked what happened during the visit (if it ever occurred), let's discuss the memories of Anne's capture and deportation. Miep Gies and others who were there, including the arresting officer, have written accounts detailing what happened. These are available online. Barbro gets it wrong in many ways, including the barking dogs, the number of officers involved, the type of vehicle used to remove the hiders, and the fact that real-life Anne was not sexually assaulted during transport.

Finally, there's the issue of the 1995 Dutch TV show where Karlen claimed she'd never publicly discussed her memories -- even though Min Warld had debuted her story in 1973. She has tried to explain that away by saying that she only told a journalist friend about her memories, that person told someone else, etc., and it ended up getting published without her consent. Why didn't she ever seek legal redress or try to stop publication? Then, just as the Dutch TV show interviewed her, she released a book about her experiences while claiming she didn't care about publicity. She receives speaker fees to appear at conferences, workshops, and seminars, has done interviews, promoted her story, and is on YouTube. She is currently on Facebook as "Barbro Karlen and Anne Frank," and people are just gullibly accepting whatever she claims with no fact-checking at all.

She has claimed Buddy Elias, Anne's most well-known living relative, accepted her as the reincarnation upon their first meeting and completely believed her story. That is simply not true: http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/13/bringing-anne-f...

She never met with Miep Gies, Otto Frank, or anyone else who knew Anne. Otto was, in fact, bothered by so many girls and women claiming to be his reincarnated daughter that he wanted nothing to do with them: http://www.akdh.ch/ps/ps_16.html

Karlen also stresses that she has the same literary talents as Anne because she became a best-selling child author at 12 after someone found her writing scattered around her room and took it to a publisher (this story has also not been fact-checked and verified). Yet she appears nowhere on any list of Swedish poets, important authors, or even writers of best-selling Swedish books. She's not mentioned in any summaries of twentieth-century Swedish literature or even children's literature. Her early books went out of print in the 1970s.

She has had financial and career instability during her adult life and believes that she was persecuted and harassed by reincarnations of Nazi guards and officers (not possible given the timelines). She thinks people hate her, just because. Her book "And the Wolves Howled" is poorly written, deals mostly with her ideations of persecution and harassment in her job, and contains demonstrably false "memories" about Anne Frank.

WOW I can't believe it, it is so facinating that people know they have more than one life in the past!

This is in-depth in depth. I don't believe in reincarnation, but there are uncanny things around, unexplainable in normal language.

It's particularly uncanny when those associated with the 'other life' - such as Buddy Elias- find themselves face-to-face with total strangers who recall things connected with their families.

Spine-tingling stuff, Nell. Keep it up.

My Mom and Aunt were startled when my Grandmom who in 1962 was dying of cancer woke in a delirium and spoke in a very thick Irish brogue. It was bizarre because they knew of nobody in their part of PA who spoke like that. That's when they started reading about Bridey Murphy and Edgar Cayce. Reincarnation makes much more sense than anything in "organized religion," imho.

This is interesting. I've been reading your stories about reincarnation. They certainly make you wonder. Thanks for a good read.

Great article! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

Hi Nell, The topic Reincarnation is just fascinating. I don't know whether to believe in it or not, but your hub with the proofs, especially the videos, makes me believe in it.

Wow! The topic of reincarnation has always been fascinating to me, but it has always been dismissed by religious beliefs and conservative relatives who insist that it's all just a fantasy invented by non-Christians. But throughout history, there is too much evidence that cannot be dismissed by our level of scientific evidence. All in all, a great topic to explore!

I guess there's no point not writing about it! I started a new blog recently and my last post on there (yesterday) was actually questioning whether butterflies/caterpillars can prove reincarnation. I don't know if you've heard of imaginal cells - Dr Bruce Lipton talks about them and uses it as a metaphor for people creating positive change in society. Anyway, these imaginal cells which go on to form the butterfly seem to keep popping up from out of nowhere - the old cells of the caterpillar don't actually change or morph at all.

I think I've mentioned it in comments and things a few times and I used to joke about it in conversation but I don't think I've ever really written about it as such.

Found this very interesting! Do you know if Barbro is Jewish now? Just curious. I have early, early memories like an above poster. I remember my birth! Seriously, I do. I know some won't believe that! It was actually terrifying to me!

When I was young living in California I auditioned for the movie part of Ann Frank, my interviewer said that I could speak German well (been only in US few years) but I was too different from her in looks.

You know that those who are claiming that Anne Franks Diary was a fake, are those that say the Concentration Camps never happened....

I believe we are not born into a religion, but make that choice of belief, most will go with what their family has believed. We all have a choice.

Wow, how interesting and what a great hub. I'm not too familiar with stories of past lives and reincarnation but I'm sure I've read about this one before somewhere.

Yes, I absolutely believe. Why?

Because I myself have very vivid pre-birth memories - but they are not memories of a past life. They are memories of something in between.

You see, I consciously remember choosing to live this life. That sounds crazy but I've always had those memories as far back as I can remember. I also remember that there were three options - one of the other two was being a disabled girl in a wheelchair, I can't remember the other.

Anyway, I have a mission here on Earth - I'm not 100% sure what it is but they did tell me I would be able to "do it from a distance this time" - obviously, the words "this time" are quite profound! They told me I wouldn't remember any of that - but I told myself I would and tried my hardest to remember - and I do remember!

How fascinating! Most children are psychic and can recall past lives before the age of 7. Also, when children or teens die a horrible death, they tend to reincarnate faster. I am a believer, and have read so many stories like this, but never one about Anne Frank. Thank you.

Thanks, Rachael. I understand your views on reincarnation into animals, but Homo sapiens are animals, too.

And there was a danger thousands of years ago that Homo sapiens would disappear because of interbreeding with other animals, called Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals). They disappeared 30,000 years ago, right when the new date for Noah's Flood occurred. I discuss this in detail in one of my books. The threat of the "daughters of men" had been removed. The corruption of flesh (genetics) could go no deeper.

And thanks again to Nell for writing this amazing Hub.

It's 10 hours later and I see a couple of typos in my comment and it just ticks me off a little. lol. The CAPS are the corrections.

"If someone else comes forward and says they are the reincarnation of Anne Frank, then I guess there WILL be questions from every quarter to both claimANTs."

And "Until then, we CAN'T deny the numerous stories we read and hear about."

Ugh I hate when I see something long after the "edit your comment" part has disappeared on this side of the screen. lol

lone77star - it is interesting you mention Kabbalists belief of splitting into 600,000 pieces in your comment and when a life's lesson is too big to digest, they split again.

It is a similar concept discussed in books I've read about reincarnation. Reincarnationists believe that a soul keeps reincarnating until they resolve all conflicts to satisfaction -- whether they come back as a family member (parent, child, sibling, etc.), friend or employer role to make that happen. I don't believe we reincarnate as animals as people in India believe, probably because I'm too pragmatic and don't want to believe that it is possible.

This is a topic that can be discussed for eons and it probably will. Good job Nell :)

Beautiful story, Rachael. Inspiring.

As for a duplicate reincarnation of Anne Frank, it may be possible.

According to authentic Kabbalists (not the New Age, Hollywood junk), we were all once one soul that shattered into 600,000 pieces. When a life's lesson is too big to digest, a soul may split again. Eventually, through altruistic love, we will one day rejoin into one soul, again. Until then, memories of multiple past lives happening at the same time may also be accurate and true. After all, it seems we are all part of a larger whole and every lifetime is a shared experience.

It's interesting that Kabbalists wrote the Bible in code, believe in reincarnation, yet many Christians argue that reincarnation is not in the Bible, despite the strong hints. There is still much to learn.

Hi Nell, My first husband was killed in Vietnam about two days before our son David was born. When David was one and half years old, his language skills were very articulate. One day he said "I watched you from Heaven before I was born."

You could have knocked me over with a feather. I was estranged from my family from the time I married and remain so. David said he cried with me when I got the news that his father was killed in Vietnam and told me he was with me for the whole two days before he was born. He dwelled on how I was alone and despondent with no family around, and how I had made provisions for his birth and homecoming from the hospital since I had no one to help me with a new baby.

He was right in every respect.

When he was three, he asked me if I remembered a one room school someplace where the men wore animal furs for their clothes and hats. I did but it was vague.

When he was five, he asked me if I remembered playing with a girl named Molly and I didn't. He reminded me that we had played together on a farm and she fell down the well and died.

I have always had a tremendous fear of wells that they are dangerous, yet never had any experiences with living near or playing near a well in this lifetime.

There was never any talk of reincarnation in my home until years later when I married a second time and my youngest girls started to read about past lives and reincarnation, which was all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s. My first husband did not believe in it and after a short conversation when we were dating, it was never brought up again.

Hearing my little boy tell me of old memories was enough to convince me that there is something to reincarnation. I didn't start reading more about it until my girls brought books home from library and book sales.

Barbro's story is probably true, but we will never know for sure. If someone else comes forward and says they are the reincarnation of Anne Frank, then I guess there were be questions from every quarter to both claims. Until then, we can deny the numerous stories we read and hear about.

Nell, another masterpiece. Thank you for doing such a nice job researching this. I had seen the video interview of Barbro Karlen (full) and was fascinated to learn more.

I one of those who believes in this, simply because I've had hundreds of past life memories myself. Simply contacting those memories has unburdened so much pent up emotion and energy, making my life much more productive and happy -- no longer distracted by so many unknown forces from the past.

I suspect that my earlier understanding of reincarnation was only partially correct. What I'm learning about authentic Kabbalah (not the New Age, Hollywood junk) seems to amplify the idea of reincarnation and add to it. Not only that, it helps to explain so many of the miracles I've experienced this lifetime. With my solid grounding in science, I understand full well the requirements for a real, extraordinary, cause-and-effect miracle. Kabbalah, from the same people who wrote the Bible in code, explains the spiritual world in ways I had never imagined.

If you're interested, you might find the following short film intriguing:

http://perceivingreality.com

I dedicate a sizable section of my site, http://the-love-of-god.com, to this topic and how the Bible talks about it.

One of my strongest memories is from a lifetime nearly 12,000 years ago. A relative nobody that no one in this modern era has ever heard of. But the emotions that overwhelmed me from those memories were stronger than most I've felt in this lifetime.

Wow, this is so interesting but at the same time eerie. I don't know what to think. As I've never had any kind of spiritual experience or personally known any cases of reincarnation, I'm usually a bit sceptical about such claims. But it's hard to do so when the evidence is so compelling. A fascinating article. Voted up and very interesting.

I have to believe that I do not believe in reincarnation of this sort. I think that Anne Frank's story is a symbol for many people who endured the horrible experience of the Holocaust and to say you are the reincarnation diminishes her heroism. However, I agree she does look a lot like her.

Nell, you always have the knack for the unusual! She and Anne Frank look strikingly similar too!

Nell Rose,

I love to read about reincarnation and I believe truth is stranger than fiction. So, my mind is opened to receive and enjoy this topic,

Have a great Sunday,

Bobbi Purvis

Fascinating, Nell. You write about the most thought-provoking subjects!

Interesting hub, it must be disturbing to have past life memories. Spellbound! Great hub, voted up.

I have read a lot about reincarnation, but I am still uncertain about it. I have personal experiences of deja vu.

While visiting some places for the first time in my life, I have felt that I have already come there. I don't know why it is so.

Wow, talk about intriguing. The evidence from her childhood, I'm assuming provided by her parents and herself, is riveting. I was surprised to see the blurb at the end talking about some asserting Anne never really lived through the nightmares she wrote of. I can only shake my head in frustration. Those who know not or deny history are doomed to repeat it. This was a really great read, Nell. You just get better and better.

I loved your hub on Anne Frank. I've often visited Anne Franks house on school outings in Amsterdam where they were hidden during the second world war. The hidden door has played a big role in my life and during 2006 I designed a hidden door in our library that leads to our garage.

Hi Nell,

I remember reading "The Diary of Anne Frank," in high school and was very moved by it, but I never heard about Barbro Karlen. This is a fascinating story, and I found the most compelling evidence (aside from Barbro's memories as a young girl) to be the "recognition" that Buddy Elias and Barbro Karlen felt when they met each other for the first time.

Thanks for sharing this amazing story. Voted up across the board except for funny.

Wow! This is a very fascinating hub Nell. I got goose bumps while reading this. I do believe in reincarnation. I have read Anne Franks Diary and had been there in her house in Amsterdam. Thanks for sharing.

What a fascinating story Nell and you can see why it was so difficult for a small child to deal with those memories. I believe we have all been reincarnated many times and when I was working as a hypnotherapist I sometimes did past life regressions with people. They often came out with amazing details of earlier lives and somehow the process was very healing.

As for Holocaust naysayers, how exactly do they explain where 7 million people went? And the news footage of the camps being liberated, the personal memories, the journals? You just can't brush that kind of evil under the carpet and pretend it never happened.

Stranger things have happened. I am happy that Anne Frank was able to set her soul free from the horrors that she lived as a child. It was not easy to recall and live a new life knowing about the past one.

This is both intriguing and very mysterious, I am not sure what to make of it really. I would rather keep an open mind about reincarnation, but stories like this really get you thinking. A fascinating hub, thank you.