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Anne Frank

  • Birth

    Anne Frank is born in Frankfurt, Germany. Her mother was Edith Frank and her father was Otto Frank.
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    The Life of Anne Frank

  • Anne Moves

    The Franks moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands in the fall after Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
  • Germany invades Neverlands

    Anne writes, "After May 1940, the good times were few and far between..."
  • Anti-Jewish Measures

    Nazi occupiers imposed anti-Jewish measures on the Neverlands. Anne, along with all other Jews, had to wear a yellow star at all times and observe a strict curfew.
  • Anne Recieves Diary

    Anne receives a red diary for her 13th birthday.
  • Anne goes into hiding

    Anne and her family along with the Pels family go into hiding. They hide in an empty space in the back of Otto's company building.
  • Anne captured

    The secret police find the secret annex and arrest everyone that was hiding there.
  • Anne arrives at a concentration camp

    Anne, and everyone who was hiding with her, arrive by train at Camp Westerbork, a concentration camp in the northeastern Netherlands.
  • Anne transferred to Auschwitz

    Anne is shipped off to the Auschwitz death camp in the middle of the night. Once Anne arrives she is separated from her father and never sees him again.
  • Anne's mother dies

    Anne's mother gets sick and dies shortly after Anne and her sister are transferred to another concentration camp.
  • Anne dies

    Anne Frank and her sister die within days of each other after contracting typhus. A few weeks later British soldiers liberated the camp. Anne was 15 years old at the time of her death.