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In this timeline I will cover the critical events in the inspiring girl's life of Anne Frank.

Created by natty710 on May 2, 2008

Last updated: 02/06/13 at 07:08 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  May 2, 2008 2:10 PM

• The tide of the war turns against Germany
  Apr 29, 1945

  Hitler commits suicide as U.S. and Soviet troops close in on Germany. Eight days later, Germany surrenders to end World War II in Europe.

• Anne Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-belson
  Apr 16, 1945

• Auschwitz is liberated
  Jan 6, 1945

  Otto Frank is the only survivor from the annex

• Edith Frank dies of starvation in Auschwitz
  Jan 5, 1945

• Anne and her sister, Margot, are sent to Bergen-Belsen
  Oct 29, 1944

• Anne and the others in the annex are sent to Auschwitz.
  Sep 1, 1944

• The Franks are Arrested
  Aug 3, 1944

  Taken to a police station, to the Westerbork, a transit camp in Holland.

• Frank family moves into the 'Secret Annex'
  Jul 5, 1942

  They were joined by the Van Daan family one week later

• Anne receives a diary for her 13th birthday
  Jun 11, 1942

• Nation after nation falls to Germany
  Dec 31, 1941

  Two days later, England and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. The Nazis sweep across Europe, intending to rule the entire continent.

• Germany invades Poland
  Aug 31, 1939

  Two days later, England and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. The Nazis sweep across Europe, intending to rule the entire continent.

• The Night of the Broken Glass
  Nov 8, 1938

  Directed by the government, German citizens loot and burn 7000 Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. This becomes known as Kristallnacht, or "the night of broken glass." Thirty-thousand Jews are arrested and sent to concentration camps.

• Germany passes the Nuremburg Laws
  Sep 14, 1935

  These laws deprive German Jews of their citizenship, their businesses, and their right to education. Some of Germany's 300,000 Jews flee to other countries. Many Jews, however, consider themselves Germans and don't want to leave.

• Frank family moves to Amsterdam
  Apr 5, 1933

  They move once Hitler comes to power

• Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
  Jan 29, 1933

  Immediatley, he makes himself dictator. He and his Nazi party outlaw all other political parties and ideas. They begin to campaign to persuade the German people that their race is being poisoned by the presence of "non-Germans." This means Gypsies and other dark-skinned people, but it especially means Jews.

• Anne Frank is born
  Jun 11, 1929

  Anne (Annelies Marie) Frank is born in Frankfurt, Germany