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Anastasia—Dead or Alive
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Program Overview
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During the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Czar Nicholas Romanov II
was overthrown and exiled to the town of Ekaterinburg. In the middle
of the night of July 16, 1918, Bolshevik guards, using the pretense
that the Romanovs were in danger, led the Czar and his family into a
basement and killed them. Although reports indicated that no one
survived, some people believe that one of the Czar's daughters,
Princess Anastasia, may have escaped. In 1922 a woman claiming to be
Anastasia surfaced in Berlin. Six years later, she visited the
United States and registered in a hotel using the name Anna
Anderson. Relatives, doctors, and former acquaintances of the
Romanovs interviewed and studied her, but until the advent of DNA
analysis, no one could prove or disprove her claim with certainty.
NOVA investigates this mystery, presenting personal testimonies,
evidence from DNA tests, and extensive efforts to determine her true
identity.
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