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Anne is born
Anne Frank is born in Frankfurt, Germany when her older sister, Margot, is three years old. She is the youngest in the family. -
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The Franks move from Germany to the Netherlands
Anne and the Frank Family moved to Amsterdam, in the Netherlands sometime in 1933. -
Anne is given her diary
10th of June 1942, Anne receives her diary – a gift for her 13th Birthday. -
The Franks and the Van Pels go into hiding.
1942, Anne, her family, the Van Pels Family and a dentist named Fritz Pffrefer go into hiding in fear of being sent to concentration camp. They stay in the Annex of her father, Otto Frank’s workplace. Their quarters were kept secret by a movable bookshelf that was in front of the entrance of the Annex. -
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Time spent in the Annex
Anne and her family are kept inside the Annex this whole time. During this time, she develops feelings for Peter Van Pels, the son of the Van Pels. She also grows angry and agitated that she cannot even take a simple walk outside. She and the rest of the company killed time by eating, sleeping, reading and studying. -
Caught!
The Frank’s hiding place was found by the Nazi Police on the 4th of August, 1944. All of their valuables were stolen, including Anne's diary. -
Anne is taken to Westerbork
Anne and the rest of the Annex company are taken to Westerbork Transit camp (Netherlands), where Holocaust victims were processed. Later, she is sent to Auschwitz II (a women's concentration camp). -
Anne and Margot are transferred
Anne and her older sister Margot are taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they are separated from their family and the others, where the sisters work relentlessly breaking up old batteries. -
Anne's mother dies
The sisters’ mother, Edith Frank, witnessed her daughters being taken away from her camp in Auschwitz. She dies of exhaustion on this date. -
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Margot dies
Margot Frank, Anne's sister dies of a deadly case of Typhus sometime in March, 1945. -
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Anne dies
Anne Frank, a true Holocaust heroin, dies of a lethal case of Typhus, soon after her sister. -
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Anne's Father
After the war, Otto Frank, Anne's father has survived, and he gets hold of Anne’s diary and publishes it sometime in 1947. -
Anne's father dies
Only her father, Otto, survived out of all of the eight Annex dwellers and of the Frank Family. He spreads the story of his daughter’s struggle during her war-riddled teen years with the world until he dies on this date. This photograph was taken in 1980.
