Until now, it was assumed that Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family were murdered by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. However, the youngest daughter, Anastasia, survived the massacre. Severely injured, she fled to Berlin. Feeling still pursued, she kept her identity strictly secret. Two years later, she was recognized nonetheless. However, the House of Romanov refused to acknowledge her as the head of the dynasty and heir to the tsar's fortune. They claimed she was an impostor and, in truth, a Polish peasant.