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Birth
Annelies Marie Frank was born to Otto and Edith Frank in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929. She had one sister named Margot Frank (1926–1945) -
Hitler Become Chancellor
The Third Reich was Rising Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and the first anti-Jewish laws are established. Later in April, Nazi Boycott of Jewish owned shops -
Anne's Family Leaves Germany
They leave Germany to escape Nazi persecution.Jews face increasing danger in Germany. In March 1933, when Anne is four years old, her parents decide to emigrate to the Netherlands.In early March 1933 they reach a decision: through his brother-in-law Erich Elias (his sister Helene’s husband) Otto is given an opportunity to set up a company in the Netherlands -
Concentration Camp
The First Concentration Camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. -
Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany. -
The Nuremburg Laws
Germany passes the Nuremburg Race Laws that deprive German Jews of their citizenship,forbidding marriage between Jews and Germans, their businesses, and their right to education -
Kristallnacht- The Night of Broken Glass
German citizens loot and burn 7000 Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. 30,000 Jews are arrested and sent to concentration camps -
The Second World War
Britain, France, Austria and New Zealand declare War on Germany starting World War 2 -
Invading Netherlands
The Germans invade and occupy the Netherlands, where the Frank family is hiding. In April 1941,the Jews are required to wear yellow stars. -
Final Solution
The Final Solution was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of the European Jews during World War II. -
The Diary
On June 12, Anne receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. -
Going Into Hiding
The Frank family go into hiding in Amsterdam because of Margot's deportation order. Otto Frank leaves a note hinting that the family were going to Switzerland and they behave as if they are going on a journey. The Diary of Anne Frank records that she has to leave behind her cat called Moortje. The Frank family move into rooms above and behind the company's premises in a street along one of Amsterdam's canals. Some trusted employees of Otto Frank offer to help them. The Dutch word for the rear. -
Final Entry
The final entry is made in the diary of Anne Frank -
Arrested
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. -
Sent away
They were all sent to an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans where they stayed for two nights, then on August 7th they were then sent to Westerbork transit camp and assigned to the Punishment Barracks for hard labor as they were considered to be criminals as they were found in hiding -
Auschwitz
They are all sent in a cattle car to Auschwitz. Once there, the men are separated from the women. -
Bergen-Belsen
Anne and Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. -
Death of Edith
Anne's mother, Edith Frank dies of starvation at Auschwitz -
Death
The exact date is uncertain of Anne and Margot's death but they both died of Typhus in Bergen-Belson in early March.
