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Anne Frank Is Born
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents were Otto Frank and Edith Hollander. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first anti-Jewish laws were made. -
Concentration Camp
The first concentration camp was established by the Nazis at Dachau, Germany. Jews couldn't do many things at all. -
Anne and the Family Got Away
Her father got a job at Amsterdam, so they left Germany. Anne enrolled at a Montessori school in Amsterdam. -
Nuremberg Law Were Passed
Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws, denying Jews German citizenship, forbidding marriage between Jews and non-Jews, and taking away their education. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was the "Night of the Broken Glass." Germans beat and killed the Jews, loot Jewish stores, and burn synagogues. -
World War II
Germany invades Poland; World War II begins. France and Great Britain delcare war on Germany two days later. -
Others Join
Japan joins Germany. -
The Franks Hide
Anne and her family go into hiding after Margot recieves an order to appear for deportation to a labor camp in Germany. -
Surrender!
Japan surrenders after the United States drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. World War II ends one week later.
