Anne Frank

(1929-1945)
• Anne Frank was born in 1929 in
Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
• In 1933, the anti-Jewish National
Socialist Party led by Hitler comes to
power.
• Anne Frank's Jewish parents Edith
and Otto Frank perceive that there is
no future in Germany for themselves
and their children.
• They flee to the Netherlands in 1933.
• Until she is eleven she grows up without a care
in a relatively safer Holland.
• In 1940, the Netherlands is occupied by
Germany and the protection that Holland
provides comes to an end.
• Anne's life is increasingly restricted by the anti-
Jewish Decrees.
• Beginning in 1942, the first Jews receive call-up
notices to report for the so-called “work” camp
Westerbork.
• Refusal can result in being sent to a prison
camp.
• The majority of Jews obey the call-up to report
for the “work” camps. Fleeing the Netherlands
• To avoid deportation, Jews must arrange a
hiding place with non-Jews. Such hiding
places are difficult to find, but Anne's
parents see the possibility of going into
hiding in the annex of the building that
houses Otto's business.
• Otto and Edith Frank protect Anne from the
danger that threatens them for as long as
possible. Only a few days before going into
hiding, Anne's father tells her that they are
not going to a camp but are going to hide
from the Germans.
• On July 6, 1942, the family goes into hiding.
Even though Anne sees hiding as an
exciting adventure in the beginning, soon
enough the hiding place becomes too small
for her restless character. For more than two
• On August 4, 1944, the Secret Annex is
raided by the Grüne Polizei (Security Police).
Anne Frank and the seven others in hiding
are arrested.
• What follows are long journeys to
concentration camps in Holland, Poland, and
Germany. Of all those in hiding, only Otto
Frank survives the camps.
• The eight residents of the Secret Annex are
transported to Auschwitz.
• After a month, Anne Frank and her sister
Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp, where thousands of
people are dying of hunger and sickness
everyday.
• Margot and Anne both contract typhus and