Anne Frank Timeline

  • Anne receives her diary and starts wring in it!

    Anne receives her diary and starts wring in it!
    On Anne's thirteenth birthday she receives her first ever diary from her parents. She names her diary Kitty and decides to write it as if she is writing it to someone.
  • When Anne and her family have to go in to hiding.

    When Anne and her family have to go in to hiding.
    In July 1942 Anne's sister Margot is called up to go to a camp, so Anne and the rest of her family (including Margot) decide to move in to a secret annex at her dads work.
  • Anne begins writing more, and writes about daily life in the annex

    Anne begins writing more, and writes about daily life in the annex
    After Anne gets a little bit more settled in at the Annex, she begins writing more. She also begins more frequently writing in her diary all about daily life and what is happening in the annex
  • Another family moves into the Annex

    Another family moves into the Annex
    After a few days alone in the Annex another family moves in with them. The Van Pels, Auguste Van Pels, Hermann Van Pels, and their son Peter Van Pels.
  • One final person moves into the annex

    One final person moves into the annex
    A little while in to living at the annex an 8th (and final) person moves in with everyone. His name is Fritz Pfeffer. Anne has to share a room with him and they did not get along in the beginning of him living there.
  • Everyone living in the Annex gets arrested

    Everyone living in the Annex gets arrested
    In 1944 someone betrayed them and told the police where their annex was. The police went out, found them, and arrested them all. After that they were all sent to numerous concentration camps.
  • Edith Frank Dies

    Edith Frank Dies
    Edith Frank died at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
  • Otto Frank gets away from the Concentration Camp

    Otto Frank gets away from the Concentration Camp
    Otto Frank was liberated from the Auschwitz camp by the Russian army. After the war he made his way back to Amsterdam and lived out his life there.
  • Anne and Margot die

    Anne and Margot die
    Anne and Margot Frank both died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, although we don't have an exact date of their death they were within days of each-other. We also know that they weren't killed but rather died of an illness sometime in March.