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Anne is born
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Nazi leader Adolph Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany
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The Nuremburg Laws are passed, denying Jews German citizenship and forbidding marriage between Jews and non-Jews.
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Germany and Italy form an alliance.
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The Munich Agreement, granting Germany the right to annex part of Czechoslovakia, is drafted and signed by representatives of France, Great Britain, Italy, and Germany.
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Germany invades and occupies most of Czechoslovakia.
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Germany invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
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The United States enters the war on the side of the Allied nations after Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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Anne receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.