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Birth
On this day Annelies Marie Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Her mother was Edith Frank, and her father, Otto Frank, was a lieutenant in the German Army during World War I. -
Movement to Amsterdam
In the Fall of 1933 the Frank family moved to Amsterdam to escape the nazi powers overtaking their previous home. Anne describes the move as "Because we're Jewish, my father immigrated to Holland in 1933, where he became the managing director of the Dutch Opekta Company, which manufactures products used in making jam." -
Germans Enter Amsterdam
In May of 1940 the German forces enter Amsterdam -
The Start of a Diary
For Anne's 13th birthday, she received a red-and-white-checkered diary. Until she went into hiding, Anne wrote in her diary about everyday life such as her friends, grades she received at school, even about playing ping pong. -
Concentrate
In July 1942, German authorities began to concentrate Jews throughout the Netherlands at Westerbork, a transit camp near the Dutch town of Assen. -
Hiding
The first half of July had the Frank family hiding in an apartment at 263 Prinsengracht Street with four outher Dutch Jews. Anne often referred to this place as the "Secret Annex". In her diary she wrote about how she felt misunderstood by those around her and was constantly trying to better herself. -
Quotes while in Hiding
Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end. (October 30, 1943) -
Quotes while in Hiding
I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I'm free, and yet I can't let it show. Just imagine what would happen if all eight of us were to feel sorry for ourselves or walk around with the discontent clearly visible on our faces. Where would that get us? (December 24, 1943) -
Quotes while in Hiding
It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. (July 15, 1944) -
Discovered
On this day, after two years of hiding, the Frank family was discovered by the Gestapo because of a Dutch Anonymous caller. -
Movement
In Late September, the Frank family was sent to Auschwitz. While there, because of their youth, Anne and her sister were sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Celle, in northern Germany in late October 1944. -
Death
Anne and her sister both died of typhus in March 1945, just a few weeks before British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945 -
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