Anne Frank

Birth

Jun 12, 1929

Anne Frank was born into a Jewish family and moved to Holland when the Nazis took over Germany. Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929. Frankfurt is Main, Germany.

Growing up

1932

When Anne Frank was 3 years old, Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. On her 13th birthday, she started writing in her diary. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis wanted to rule all of Europe. On September 1st, 1939, the German army attacked Poland. Great Britan and France declared war on Germany to defend Polland and try to stop Hitler. World War 2 had begun.

Nazi's Invade Holland

May 10, 1940

Then the Nazis came to Holland and attacked. So Anne Frank went into hiding when she was 13 years old. She was hiding in an apartment building, and the people who lived in it went up to the attic every day and gave her food. When she was hiding she had a diary and wrote in it all day, every day. She wrote in it about what she was going through. And now her diary is published in a book.

Hiding in the Attic

1942

Miep, who is trusted by Otto, hides them in the attic above the office, which was called The Annex.

When her family was discovered

Aug 4, 1944

After 25 months in hiding, Anne Frank and the seven others in the secret attic were discovered by the Gestapo, the German secret police, who had learned about the hiding place from an anonymous tipster.

Death

Mar 1, 1945

at about 10:30 a.m. the police burst down the door and they were all arrested and sent to a concentration camp. And that's where she got typhus.

When was her Diary published

1947

The diary was published in 1947. Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex) was the title of the book.