Anne Frank's Timeline By Monkey31 Apr 30, 1889 Fritz Pfeffer is born May 12, 1889 Otto Frank is born Mar 31, 1898 Hermann van Pels is born Jan 16, 1900 Edith Frank is born Sep 29, 1900 Auguste van Pels is born Jun 28, 1914 World War 1 starts Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 ends Feb 16, 1926 Margot Frank is born Nov 8, 1926 Peter van Pels is born Jun 12, 1929 Anne Frank is born Jan 1, 1933 Franks move to Amsterdam Jan 30, 1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany Sep 15, 1935 "Numberg Laws" established Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 starts May 26, 1940 Auschwitz established Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Germany Jul 6, 1942 Franks go into hiding Jul 13, 1942 Van Pels go into hiding Oct 6, 1944 Hermann van Pels dies Dec 20, 1944 Fritz Pfeffer dies Jan 1, 1945 Edith Frank dies Mar 1, 1945 Anne Frank dies Mar 3, 1945 Margot Frank dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 5, 1945 Peter van Pels dies May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders to United States May 8, 1945 Auguste van Pels dies Jun 3, 1945 Otto Frank returns to Amsterdam Aug 14, 1945 World War 2 ends Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders Jun 25, 1947 Diary is first published in Dutch Aug 19, 1980 Otto Frank dies