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Anne Frank was born
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany -
Summer 1933
Alarmed by Nazi actions in Germany, Otto Frank begins the process of moving his family to safety in the Netherlands. -
School
Anne starts kindergarten at the Montessori school in Amsterdam -
Anti Jewish Laws
Growing Nazi restrictions on the daily lives of Dutch Jews force the Frank girls to attend an all-Jewish school. -
Anne's birthday
Otto gives Anne a diary for her thirteenth birthday -
Annex
The Franks go into hiding after receiving an order for Margot to report to a forced labor camp. They hide in the attic rooms above Mr. Frank's workplace with the help of close friends. Another family, The Van Pels (called the Van Daans from her diary), joins them followed by Fritz Pfeffer ("Dussel"), months later. -
Discovered
The hiding place of the Frank's is discovered and the families are arrested. -
Deported
All eight of those who hid in the attic are deported from the Netherlands to Auschwitz death camp. -
Anne and Margot Die
Anne and Margot die of the disease typhus in the Bergan-Belsen concentration camp. -
Published
Anne's diary is published in Dutch. Over the next few years it is translated and published and published in France, Germany, the United States, Japan, and Great Britain. -
Museum
The place of the Franks is converted into a permanent museum that tells the story of Anne and those who hid with her.