Anne Frank Diary Timeline

By Rexrox

  • Anne Frank is born

    Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank is born in Frankfurt.

  • Hitler and Jewish Laws

    Hitler become chancellor of Germany and the first anti-Jewish laws are established

  • The First Concentration Camp

    The first concentration camp opened at Oranienberg outside Berlin

  • Nazi Boycott

    Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops.

  • Otto Leaving Germany

    Otto and Edith Frank realize they have to leave Germany. Otto went to Holland and the rest stayed.

  • Otto Frank begins working and finds an apartment.

    Otto Frank begins working and finds an apartment.

  • Leaving Germany

    Edith, Margot and Anne Frank leave Germany and join Otto in Amsterdam

  • School

    Anne Frank enrolls to a Montessori school.

  • Fuhrer Hitler

    Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany.

  • Jewish Rights

    Germany passes the Nuremburg Race Laws that deprive German Jews of their citizenship, their businesses, and their right to education

  • German Troops

    German troops occupy the Rhineland

  • Growing Jewish refugee crisis

    The US and 32 other countries discussed about the growing Jewish refugee crisis but none of the countries would like to take in the Jewish refugee.

  • Germans Attack Jews

    The Night of Broken Glass when German citizens loot and burn 7000 Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. 30,000 Jews are arrested and sent to concentration camps

  • Otto starts second company

    Otto Frank starts a second company in partnership with Hermann van Pels, a Jewish butcher, who had also fled from Germany with his family

  • Rosa Holländer comes to Holland

    Edith Frank's mother, Rosa Holländer, came to live with the Franks.

  • Jewish Racism

    The Germans ordered that Jewish children could attend only Jewish schools so Anne Frank and her sister were enrolled at the Jewish Lyceum.

  • Jewish have no use of Public things

    Dutch Jews are forbidden access to movie theaters or use public transport preventing Anne Frank from enjoying her favorite pastime

  • Rosa Holländer dies

    Edith's mother, Rosa Holländer dies

  • Anne recieves diary

    Anne receives an autograph book from her father for her birthday and Anne Frank decides to use it as a diary

  • Margot Frank gets send to labor camp

    Anne's older sister is ordered to report for relocation to a labor camp

  • The Franks started living in the Secret Annex

    The Frank family go into hiding in Amsterdam because of Margot's deportation order. The Frank family move into rooms above and behind the company's premises in a street along one of Amsterdam's canals. Some trusted employees of Otto Frank offer to help them. The Dutch word for the rear part of a house, used in the Diary of Anne Frank, translates as the "Secret Annex" in English.

  • Otto's Partner join living in the Secret Annex

    Hermann van Pels (also known as Van Daan), the partner of Otto Frank, together with Auguste and 16-year-old Peter van Pels, join the Frank family in the 'secret annex'.

  • Dentist Joins Livxng In the Secret Annex

    Fritz Pfeffer, a dentist and friend of the family, joins the annex.

  • Final Entry

    The final entry is made in the diary of Anne Frank

  • The Storming of the Annex

    The 'secret annex' was stormed by the German Security Police following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified. All of the residents of the annex are arrested and taken to the Gestapo headquarters where they were interrogated and held overnight.

  • Franks in Prison

    They were all sent to an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans where they stayed for two nights

  • Camp Transit

    They were then sent to Westerbork transit camp and assigned to the Punishment Barracks for hard labor as they were considered to be criminals as they were found in hiding

  • Auschwits separation

    They are all sent in a cattle car to Auschwitz. Once there, the men are separated from the women.

  • Concentration Camp transit

    Anne and Margot are transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  • Edith Frank dies

    Anne's mother, Edith Frank dies of starvation in Auschwits

  • Auschwitz is liberated

    Auschwitz is liberated. Otto Frank is the only survivor from the annex.

  • Otto Frank was liberated by Russian Allies

    The Russian Allies liberate the remaining survivors in Auschwits, including Otto Frank.

  • Margot Frank dies

    Margot Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-Belson

  • Anne Frank Dies

    Anne Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-Belson

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide with his wife of two days, Eva Braun, their bodies are believed to have been cremated.

  • Otto Frank Returns to Amsterdam

    Otto Frank returns to Amsterdam, not knowing whether his family are still alive

  • Otto recieves news on Anne's and Margot's death

    Otto got news that Anne and Margot died at Bergen-Belsen. Otto's loyal friend Miep gives Otto Anne's diary which he found in the secret annex after their family was arrested

  • Anne's Diary is published

    Anne's diary, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in Amsterdam.

  • The Diary of the Young Girl is published in the UK

    Despite its success in the USA the book was at first rejected by several publishers in the UK. Once published and after receiving several good reviews it still failed to attract an audience and was out of print by 1953.

  • Otto Frank created the Anne Frank Foundation

    Otto Frank and others establish the Anne Frank Foundation

  • Anne Frank House opens

    The Anne Frank House is opened in Amsterdam

  • Heinz Roth Says Anne's Diary

    Otto Frank sues Heinz Roth of Frankfurt for publishing pamphlets stating that Anne's diary was a forgery. The judge rules that Roth will be fined and sentenced to six months' in jail if he does not cease and desist

  • The Diary is confirmed to be authentic

    The Hamburg Regional Court confirms the diary's authenticity