Kept Since 1965 · Washington, Caracas, Zurich

The Archive

The Hitz press archive holds about 144 original documents on the 1965 disappearance of the heiress Anna Maria Hitz: newspaper clippings in English, Spanish, German and French from three continents, plus court papers, letters and photographs. The family kept all of it for sixty years. Ten documents are public below, in the order they were printed. The rest stay sealed until the story is told.


The Public Documents, In Order

The Washington Post front page, November 23, 1965: D.C. Heiress to $10 Million Fortune Missing.
The Washington Post · Nov 23, 1965 · the front page that started it
Washington Daily News, November 26 1965: Heiress Turns Up, living with husband in Venezuela.
Washington Daily News · Nov 26, 1965 · she turns up in Caracas
The Evening Star, November 26 1965: D.C. Heiress Wires Mother She's Wed, Safe in Venezuela.
The Evening Star · Nov 26, 1965 · her mother doubts the cable
BILD, West Germany, November 1965: Die Millionen-Erbin ist seine wahre Liebe (The Millionaire Heiress Is His True Love).
BILD · Nov 1965 · the husband's version
BLICK, Zurich, December 16, 1965: Goldspatz versoehnt (The Golden Sparrow, Reconciled).
BLICK, Zurich · Dec 16, 1965 · the Goldspatz, reconciled
Caracas press, January 11, 1966: 50 Millones que dejo Hitz (The 50 Million That Hitz Left).
Caracas press · Jan 11, 1966 · counting the estate
El Mundo, Caracas, February 14, 1966: Dr. Naranjo Ostty and the Hitz-Spring scandal.
El Mundo · Feb 14, 1966 · the scandal gets a name
Washington Post clipping: Missing Heiress Reported a Mother, with portraits of Anna Maria Hitz and her mother Anna Spring-Hitz.
The Washington Post · Nov 1965 · mother and daughter, side by side
The Herald Journal, Logan Utah, November 26 1965: Missing Heiress In Caracas, A Mother.
The Herald Journal · Nov 26, 1965 · the wires carry it nationwide
The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia: Girl, 17, in Caracas Says She Is Missing Heiress.
The Evening Bulletin · Nov 1965 · a girl says she is the heiress

The Sealed Documents

134  documents remain sealed

What is not public: the rest of the international press run, the Swiss and Venezuelan court papers, the letters, and the photographs the newspapers never saw. They stay sealed until the story is told, first to the email list, then in the book.

Researchers, journalists and producers can request supervised access.

Received. Access requests are reviewed personally.

Or write directly: thehitzinheritance@gmail.com