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Anne Frank's birth
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents were Otto Frank and Edith Hollander. -
Jews started losing everything.
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and the first anti-Jewish laws are established.The First Concentration Camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. -
Germans Invade
May 10, 1940 the Germans invade and occupy the Netherlands. -
The Frank's hide
The Frank family go into hiding in Amsterdam because of Margot's deportation order. -
Germany Retreating
The Germans surrender in the battle of Stalingrad and Germany starts retreating. -
Last Entry
Anne Frank's final entry is made in her diary on August 1st.
August 4: The 'secret annex' was stormed by the German Security Police following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified. All of the residents of the annex are arrested and taken to the Gestapo headquarters where they were interrogated and held overnight.
August 5: They were all sent to an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans where they stayed for two nights August 7: They were then sent to Westerbork transit camp a -
Anne's family starts dying
Edith Frank dies of starvation in Auschwitz January 6th. Margot Frank died in March from typhus in Bergen-Belsen. -
Hitler Dies
Hitler commits suicide with his wife of two days, Eva Braun, their bodies are believed to have been cremated. -
Diary
The diary of Anne Frank is published in the United States. -
anne frank house
May 3: The Anne Frank House is opened in Amsterdam.The court declares the The diary of Anne Frank to be genuine and Lothar Stielau retracts his statements. -
Instituting
The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation commissions a forensic analysis of the diary which reveals that the diary is authentic and that the ink used was available during the time the diary was written. -
Hamburg
March 23: The Hamburg Regional Court confirms the diary's authenticity.
