The Diary of Anne Frank

Timespan of the Holocaust

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945

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Gas

Jul 4, 1942

When the Nazis began gassing the Jews

Secret Annex

Jul 9, 1942

Anne, sister (Margot), mother and father moved into the "secret annex" in Holland

Diary Timespan

Period: Jul 12, 1942 to Aug 1, 1944

When the diary was written.

Deportation

Period: Jul 22, 1942 to Sep 12, 1942

The Warsaw Ghetto Jews (265,000) were deported to Treblinka killing center. 35,000 Jews died during the deportation operation.

Search and Seize

Sep 21, 1942

The first time the "secret annex" was searched, but was "quiet as a mouse and the soldiers went away."

Friends

Oct 9, 1942

Friends of the Franks were taken away in cattle cars to Westerbork.

B&E

Apr 11, 1944

The "secret annex" was broken in to.

Convicted

Aug 4, 1944

The Frank family was found and arrested.

Dealth Sentence

Mar 31, 1945

Anne and her sister, Margot, both died from typhus while at the concentration camp, Bergen - Belsen.