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Anne Frank's Birth
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was was born on June 12th of 1929. -
Anne recieves her diary
On June 12th,1942, Anne receives an autograph book from her father for her birthday and decides to use it as a diary. -
Anne's sister gets a deportation order.
On July 5th,1942, Anne's older sister is ordered to report for relocation to a labor camp. -
The Franks must leave
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 Van Daan's move in.
Hermann van Pels (also known as Van Daan), the partner of Otto Frank, together with Auguste and 16-year-old Peter van Pels, join the Frank family in the 'secret annex' -
Anne's last words
August 1,1944 was the last diary entry of Anne Frank’s diary. -
The "Secret Annex" is not so secret!
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. -
They were then sent to a prision.
They were all sent to an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans where they stayed for two nights -
Sent to Westerbrork for hard labor.
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 -
They were sent to Auschwitz.
They are all sent in a cattle car to Auschwitz. Once there, the men are separated from the women. -
Anne and Margot transported.
Anne and Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp -
Anne's mother dies.
Anne's mother, Edith Frank, dies of starvation at Auschwitz. -
Russian Allies liberate Auschwitz.
January 27: The Russian Allies liberate the remaining survivors in Auschwitz, including Otto Frank. -
Frank sister's die.
Anne and her sister, Margot, were both given official death dates of March 31, 1945, by Dutch authorities after the end of World War II. The Frank sisters died of typhus at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, but the exact dates of their deaths are unknown. -
Otto Frank returns home
Otto Frank returns to Amsterdam, not knowing whether his family are still alive. -
Otto Frank learns about Anne's diary.
Otto Frank receives word that Anne and Margot died at Bergen-Belsen. His loyal friend Miep gives him the diary written by Anne Frank that she found in the annex after the family was arrested -
Anne's diary is published in the U.S.
Anne's diary is published in the United States or America. -
The Anne Frank House opened in Amsterdam.