Anne Frank

Background

• Anneliese Marie Frank born June 12th, 1929
• Parents Otto and Edith
• Older sister Margot

Background

• Franks lived a normal life
• Hitler becomes chancellor on January 1st, 1933
• Forced to move to Amsterdam in February, 1934

Background

• Amsterdam was perfect until May of 1940 when former rules came to them
• Had to register as Jews in 1942 and wear the Yellow Stars
• Now had curfews, banned from public places, no telephone

Background

• On 13th birthday, received first diary, "kitty"
• Wrote day after day in diary

EVENT

• July 1942: Nazi's began deportations to Eastern Europe
• July 5th, 1942: Margot gets deportation letter
• Next day, Franks go into hiding in food shop Secret Annex
• Later joined by Herman Van Pels and family in July, and later Fritz Pfeffer
• Anne continued to write about fears, hopes, and joys

Event

• Annex very small, allowed limited movement
• Supplies brought by four of Otto's employee's
• As war went on, Annex lacked food
• By now, Anne filled multiple diaries

EVENT

• August 4, 1944: SS receive tip and raid annex
• Everyone taken into custody, along with the 4 helpers
• Franks, Van Pels, and Pfeffef taken to westerbork camp, later Aushwitz
• October 6th, Anne and Margot moved to Bergen-Beisen camp
• January 27th, Otto liberated and returned to Amsterdam

Event

• Feb/March 1945: Anne and Margot die of typhus
• Otto learned only one to survive from annex in July
• Miep Gies gave Otto all of Anne's writings saved from Annex
• Diary eventually published by Otto

Impact

• Gave situation name, face and realness
• Gives unique insight
• Wrote a lighter side to ordeal
• Mainly,

Works cited

• "Anne Frank." history net, page 1-11
• Charycel13.worldpress.com Nov 10, 2008. Charyce's blog. March 16, 2004.
• Mental Floss June 25, 2013. Mental Floss. March 17, 2014.
• Metselaar, Mennd. Anne Frank: Her life in words in pictures. NY, RB press, 2004
• Simons, Baiesu. "Anne Frank-Childhood" page 1-16