Matt Lucas shocked to find out a relative was mentioned in Anne Frank’s diary

OHMYGOSSIP — Matt Lucas was shocked to find out a relative of his features in Anne Frank’s ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’.
The The Great British Bake Off’ co-presenter was taken aback to discover during an episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ that Werner Goldschmidt, a cousin of his grandmother, was “actually mentioned” in the famous book, which was penned by Anne before she and her family were captured by the Nazis during the Second World War.
When quizzed whether he was surprised at the revelation, the 48-year-old comedian said while appearing on the BBC One show: “Yes, my ancestor would have known Anne Frank, the writer of one of the most important books ever written. And Werner is actually mentioned in the diary.
“It’s the one story everyone knows if you know no other story, that story about what happened to the Jews in World War Two, you know the story of the Frank family.
“I read it when I was younger and never realised she was talking about a relative of mine.”
In November last year, Matt was granted German citizenship after his grandmother “fled Berlin in 1938” to escape Adolf Hitler’s persecution.
He wrote on Twitter: “My grandma fled Berlin in 1938. Having been offered citizenship, I have just been to the German Embassy in London to collect my Certificate of Naturalisation. I am officially Anglo-German. They gave me some Gummibarchen and this lovely badge. Now to choose a German football team.”
In response, FC Union Berlin replied” “Willkommen,” translated to “welcome”.
The former ‘Little Britain’ star – who is a big supporter of Arsenal – took this as a sign.
Matt quipped: “I have been claimed by Union Berlin, it seems. My new German team, then!”

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