Class+Notes

March 14, 2011

Time period: Location: History:
 * Anne Frank** (Annelies Marie Frank)
 * born June 12, 1929; killed 1945 in concentration camp- died of Typhus
 * 13th birthday: got her diary, named it Kitty
 * Stayed in Annex for almost three years before found and sent to concentration camp.
 * Lived in Frankfurt
 * Moved to the Netherlands (Amsterdam) 1933
 * Frank family had secret Annex behind a family owned business at 263 rd Princengracht Street. in Amsterdam
 * Secret Annex was hidden behind a swiveling bookcase.
 * sister 3 years older: Margot born 1926
 * born in Frankfurt, Germany
 * moved to the Netherlands in 1933 where her father was able to set up a business; they are safe and happy
 * 1940-as a result of WWII, Germany invades the Netherlands and the Frank family is in danger once more
 * Nazis occupy the Netherlands; family decides to go into hiding
 * 1942- hiding in 'The Secret Annex'--Frank family (mother, father, Anne, and Margot) along with four others: the Van pels and their son Peter, and Fritz Pfeifer
 * Otto's employees help them by supplying them with food so they didn't have to leave the Annex.
 * 1944- discovered and arrested; sent to Auschwitz. all die except Otto
 * 1945- Otto returns alone to find that all others died (Edith, Anne, Margot)
 * given Anne's diary by the Gies'; Anne hoped it would someday be published after the war-her wish comes true
 * survived by Otto Frank (father)