JUNE 12,1929-ANNE IS BORN IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY

JULY 31,1932-THE NSDAP, ADOLF HITLER'S PARTY, WINS A MAJORITY IN THE ELECTIONS

SUMMER 1933

• Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
• The Franks decide to move to the Netherlands.

MAY 10,1940-THE GERMAN ARMY INVADES THE NETHERLANDS

SEPTEMBER 1,1941

• Anne and Margot are no longer allowed to go to school with non-Jewish children.
• All Jews aged 6 or older must wear a yellow Star of David

JULY 1942

• Anne's older sister, Margot, receives a call-up notice to report for deportation.
• The Frank family goes into hiding.
• The Van Pels joins the Franks into hiding.

OCTOBER 5,1942-HEINRICH HIMMLER GIVES THE ORDER TO TRANSPORT ALL JEWS TO AUSCHWITZ

NOVEMBER 16,1942-FRITZ PFEFFER JOINS THE FRANKS AND VAN PELS INTO HIDING.

AUGUST 4, 1944

• Residents of the Secret Annex are betrayed and arrested.
• They are taken to a police station.
• They are later sent to Westerbork transit camp.

SEPTEMBER 3,1944

• The eight prisoners are transported to Auschwitz.
• The men and women are separated.

OCTOBER 1944

• Anne, Margot, and Mrs. Van Pels are transported to the Bergen-Belsen.
• Edith Frank remains at the sub camp.

JANUARY 1945

• Edith Frank dies at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• Otto Frank is liberated from Auschwitz by the Russian army.

MARCH 1945-ANNE AND MARGOT FRANK DIE AT THE BERGEN-BESLEN CAMP

MARCH 15,1945-BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP IN GEMANY IS LINERATED.

JUNE 3,1945

• Otto Frank arrives in Amsterdam.
• He knows that his wife has died.
• He doesn't know that Anne and Margot have died too.

OCTOBER 24,1945

• Otto Frank receives a letter informing him that his daughters have died.
• Miep gives Anne's diary to Otto.

SUMMER 1947-FIRST 1,500 COPIES OF ANNE'S DIARY ARE PUBLISHED IN AMSTERDAM

MAY 3,1960

• Opening of the Secret Annex as a museum.
• The museum is given the name "Anne Frank House".