Anne Frank Timeline and Facts
- Anne Frank - Born on June 12, 1929
- Place of Birth : Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Parents: Otto Frank Edith Holländer
- Biography of Anne Frank
- 1933 - Hitler comes to power and begins enacting anti-semitic legislation. Franks make plans to leave for Holland.
- 1938 Otto Frank starts a second company in partnership with Hermann van Pels, Jew who had also fled from Germany with his family
- 1939 World War II begins on September 3rd when Britain, France and Allies declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland
- 1940 May 10: The Germans invade and occupy the Netherlands
- 1941 January 8: Dutch Jews are forbidden access to movie theaters or use public transport
- 1941 April : In Holland all Jews are forced to wear yellow stars.
- 1942 June 12: Anne receives an autograph book from her father for her birthday and Anne Frank decides to use it as a diary
- 1942 July 6: The Frank family go into hiding in Amsterdam because of her mother - Margot's deportation order.
- 1942 July 13: The Van Pels family, join the Frank family in the 'secret annex'.
- 1944 June: Allies land in Normandy and begin advance across Europe.
- 1944 August 1: The final entry is made in the diary of Anne Frank
- August 4: The hiding place was stormed by the German Security Police following an anonymous tip-off.
- September 3: Both families are sent in a cattle cars to Auschwitz.
- October 28: Anne and Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
- 1945 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
- April 1945 - Anne dies of typhus in Bergen-Belsen. The camp was liberated by British troops on
- May 8: Germany surrenders to end World War II in Europe
- 1947 Anne's diary, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in Amsterdam.
- 1952 June 16: The diary of Anne Frank is published in the United States
- 1957 May 3: Otto Frank and others establish the Anne Frank Foundation
- 1960 May 3: The Anne Frank House is opened in Amsterdam
- 1990 March 23: The Hamburg Regional Court confirms the diary's authenticity.
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