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Adolf Hitler is Born
He later will leave a lasting effect on Jews and everyone around them when he rises to power -
Otto Frank is Born
Otto Frank is Anne's father, in her diary, she occasionally calls him "Pim". -
Edith Holländer is Born
Edith is Anne's mother, in her diary, she mentions that she is not close to her and does not love her as much as she loves her father. -
Edith Holländer and Otto Frank Get Married
They got married when Otto was 36 and Edith was 25. It was a marriage of respect rather than that of deep love. According to Anne's diary, "Daddy is not in love. He kisses her like he kisses us. He looks at her teasingly and jokingly, but never lovingly. She loves him like no other and it's hard to see this love go unrequited." But nevertheless, their first child came the next year and the second, two years later. -
Margot Frank is Born
Margot is Anne's older sister and Anne looks up to her. -
Anne Frank is Born
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Adolf Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany
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Margot Gets Called up to go to a Concentration Camp
Margot Frank receives a call informing her that she will be sent to a concentration camp. This then forces Otto Frank to devize a plan in which he and his family will go into hiding to avoid the Nazis. -
The Frank Family Goes Into Hiding
The Frank family goes into hiding on the third floor of Otto's work building in a room concealed by a movable bookcase. Anne calls it "The Secret Annexe." -
Nazis Make the Decision to Rid Germany of all Jews
Nazi's hated Jews because they thought they were the cause of World War One and thought they were different. -
Anne Receives her Diary
For her 13th birthday, Anne receives her world-famous diary from her father. This diary plays an important role in her life because she later uses it to document events while undergoing hiding from the Nazis. -
The Franks Take in the van Pels Family
The Franks take in the van Pels family of Auguste, Hermann, and their son Peter. In Anne's diary she gives them the pseudonym of van Daan. -
They Take in Fritz Pfeffer
In Anne's diary, she gives him the pseudonym of Albert Dussel -
Margot Frank Dies
Anne Frank's older sister dies in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from the disease typhus. -
Edith Frank Dies
Anne Frank's mother dies in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland from starvation. -
Anne Frank Dies
She dies from typhus fever at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. -
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated
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Adolf Hitler dies
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Otto Frank Publishes Anne's Diary
Otto Frank fulfills Anne's wish for the diary to be published. -
Otto Frank Dies
He died from lung cancer in Birsfelden, Switzerland
