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Anne Frank is born to Edith and Otto Frank. She was the second addition to the Frank family.
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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The first concentration camp is opened near Berlin.
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Gestapo is created.
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The Franks move to Holland from Germany to escape Nazi Persecution.
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Jews are no longer allowed to own land.
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17 days after German President Hidenberg dies, Hitler is elected to power in a time of chaos.
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The Nuremberg Laws are created, stripping Jews of their rights.
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German troops invade and conquer the Rhineland.
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Hitler and Mussolini create an alliance to become the Axis powers.
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Making a pact with the Soviets, Hitler decides that they both need more land in their country. The Nazis decide to invade on September 1st, while the Soviets invade about two weeks later.
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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany for violating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and ignoring the Alliied powers' warning. The U.S. remains neutral at this point.
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Holland surrenders to the Nazis after invasion.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, as U.S. Naval base in Hawaii. A few days after, the U.S. declares war and sides to the Allied Powers.
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Allied troops invade Normandy.
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Nazis find both families in the Annex and are taken to concentration camps within the next few days.
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Anne and Margot are transported to a different camp, without gas chambers.
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Anne and Margot die from diseases at Bergen-Belsen.
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Hitler commits suicide with his wife, Eva, by drinking poison.
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Germans surrender to the Allied Powers. Months later, the Japanese surrender and WWII is officially over.
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The Annex is opened as a museum.
