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Anne Frank was born to Otto and Edith Frank in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and the first anti-Jewish laws are established.
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Anne, Edith, and Margot move into Amsterdam with Otto. Otto finds a job at Opekta Workstand and an apartment.
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New Zealand, Great Britain, France, and Austria declare war on Germany (World War II)
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Otto Frank gives Anne an autograph book for her 13th birthday which she uses as her diary.
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Margot is ordered to be sent to a Nazi Germany labour camp. If Margot doesn’t register, the whole family will be arrested. This forces the family to have to go into hiding earlier.
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The Frank family goes into hiding above the spice factory. Otto Frank leaves a note suggesting they escaped to Switzerland. They leave behind almost everything, including their cat. Some of Mr. Frank's employees agree to help them.
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The business partner of Otto Frank, Hermann Van Pels (Van Daan), and his family Auguste and Peter Van Pels join the Franks in the "secret annex"
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Fritz Pfeffer (Dussel) leaves behind his non-Jewish wife and joins the Franks and the Van Pels in the annex.
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All the members of the "Secret Annex" are sent to Westerbork Transit Camp for 4 weeks. They're assigned to hard labor as criminals for being in hiding.
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The people of the annex are packed into a cattle car along with other Jewish people and sent to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, the men and women are seperated.
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The German Security Police storm the annex with an anonymous tip. All the members of the "Secret Annex" were arrested, taken to Gestapo headquarter, and held overnight.
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Hermann Van Pels dies in a gas chamber in Auschwitz.
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Magot, Anne, and Mrs. Van Pels (Van Daan) are relocated to Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Edith Frank remains at Auschwitz.
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Edith Frank dies alone from starvation in Auschwitz
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The Russian Allies liberate the remaining survivors of Auschwitz, as well as Otto Frank.
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Anne and Margot die in Bergen-Belsen within a weeks span from eachother from Typhus.
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Between April 11th and May 5th Peter dies in Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Mrs. Auguste Van Pels dies between April 9th and May 8th 1945 somewhere in Germany and Czechoslovakia. Guards throw her infront of the train while being deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Otto Frank return to Amsterdam with knowledge of Mrs. Frank and Mr. Van Pels' passing but no word of Anne or Margot
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Mr. Frank learns from a Bergen-Belsen nurse of Margot and Anne's deaths. Miep Gies gives Mr. Frank Anne's diary.
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Otto Frank agrees to publish Anne's diary in 1947
