Anne was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank
She has a sister named Margot, who is three years older than her
He comes of Jewish/German descent
Otto Frank (Anne's father) served as an officer in the German army during WWI.
In 1933, due to Hitler's anti-Jewish decrees, Otto Frank opened a branch of his company, Opteka, in Amsterdam and brought his family there.
Anne and Margot spent the summer of 1933 in Aachen, Germany, with their grandmother.
Anne, Margot, and Edith moved to Amsterdam, February 1934; they lived in 37 Merwederplain
Anne began to attend the Montessori school, where she excelled, she made many friends and was an exceptional student
Margot received a notice from the Nazi SS to report for work detail at a labor camp.
July 5, 1942, Anne and her family moved to the " Secret Annex."
The leader of the Nazi Party was Adolf Hitler; he believed that the German people were a superior race, stronger, and more intelligent
By 1933, the Nazi was the largest party in Germany appointed to head the government
1940, Hitler's troops conquered Holland, and the freedom of the Jews began to be severely restricted; Nazi's occupied the Netherlands
After the summer of 1941, Anne was not allowed to attend school with non-Jews
By 1942, all Jews, six years old and older, had to wear a yellow star of David on their clothes to differentiate between Jews and non-Jewish people
1942, mass arrests of Jews and mandatory service in German work camps were becoming a routine.
June 1944, the group of the allied landed in Normandy
Anne received a diary from her parents for her 13th birthday (June 12, 1942); it was just weeks before her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam
Anne entitled diary "Kitty," it was her comfort, confid
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