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Anne Frank is born in Frankfurt, Germany.
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The National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) party begins it rise in power. The Nazis proclaim the superiority of the German "master race" and blame Jews for the German defeat in World War I and for the troubled economy.
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The Franks decide to leave Germany to escape Nazi persecution. While Mr. Frank looks for a new home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the rest of the family stays with relatives in Aachen, Germany.
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The Nazi party leader, Adolf Hitler, becomes chancellor (head of the government) of Germany.
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins. France and Great Britain declare war on Germany two days later.
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The "Final Solution" is secretly announced at a conference of Nazi officials: Europe's Jews are to be "exterminated," or murdered. Construction of death camps begins in Poland. Millions of people (Jews and non-Jews) will die in those camps.
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Anne receives a diary for her thirteeth birthday.
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Nazi police raid the Secret Annex; the occupants are sent to concentration camps.
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Annes's mother, Edith Frank, dies in Auschwitz. Three weeks later Otto Frank is freed wheb Auschwitz is liberated by the Societ arm y, Anne and Margot die in Bergen-Belsen a few weeks before British soldiers liberate the camp. Peter Van Pels dies in Mauthasen. Mrs. Van Pels dies in Theresienstadt.
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Japan surrenders after the United States drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshina and Nagasaki. World War II ends one week later.
