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Birth of Anne
he Anne Frank timeline starts on June 12, 1929 when Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Otto Frank and Edith Holländer. Margot Frank (1926–1945) was older her sister -
Nazi rise
anuary 30: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and the first anti-Jewish laws are established March 12: The First Concentration Camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. April : Nazi Boycott of Jewish owned shops. June: Nazis open Dachau concentration camp Otto and Edith Frank realise that they need to leave Germany and make plans to go to Holland. Edith and the children first go to to Aachen, Germany where they stay with Edith's mother, Rosa Holländer Otto and Edith Frank receives -
School Age
anuary: Otto Frank begins working at the Opekta Worksand finds an apartment on the Merwedeplein (Merwede Square) in Amsterdam February: Edith, Margot and Anne leave Germany and join Otto in Amsterdam February: Anne Frank enrols in a Montessori school in Amsterdam. August 19: Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany. -
Race Laws
September 15: Germany passes the Nuremburg Race Laws that deprive German Jews of their citizenship, their businesses, and their right to education -
March 7
March 7: German troops occupy the Rhineland -
Refugee Crisis
The United States and 32 other countries meet to discuss the growing Jewish refugee crisis but no country offers to take in Jewish refugees -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht- The Night of Broken Glass when German citizens loot and burn 7000 Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. 30,000 Jews are arrested and sent to concentration camps -
September
September 1: Germany invades Poland September 3: Britain, France, Austria and New Zealand declare War on Germany starting World War 2 Edith Frank's mother, Rosa Holländer, came to live with the Franks -
Time to Hide
June 12: Anne receives an autograph book from her father for her birthday and Anne Frank decides to use it as a diary July 5: Anne's older sister is ordered to report for relocation to a labor camp July 6: 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 Moortj -
Concentration Camp
August 1: The final entry is made in the diary of Anne Frank August 4: 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. August 5: They were all sent to an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans where they stayed for two nights August 7: They were then sent to Westerbork transit camp -
June- April
January 6: Anne's mother, Edith Frank dies of starvation at Auschwitz January 27: The Russian Allies liberate the remaining survivors in Auschwitz, including Otto Frank. March : Margot Frank diee of typhus in Bergen-Belson March 1945: Anne Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-Belson June 3: Otto Frank returns to Amsterdam, not knowing whether his family are still alive October 24: Otto Frank receives word that Anne and Margot died at Bergen-Belsen. His loyal friend Miep gives him the diary writt -
Diary of Anne
Anne's diary, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in Amsterdam -
Anne's House
The Anne Frank House is opened in Amsterdam