Anne Frank

Anne Frank

„h Anne was born on June 12,1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

„h Second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank

„h Has a sister named Margot, who is three years older than her

„h Comes from Jewish/German descent

„h Otto Frank (Anne¡¦s father) served as an officer in the German army during WWI.

„h 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.

„h Anne and Margot spent the summer of 1933 in Aachen, Germany with their grandmother.

„h Anne, Margot and Edith moved to Amsterdam, February 1934, they lived in 37 Merwederplain

„h Anne began to attend the Montessori school, where she excelled, she made many friends and was an exceptional student

„h Margot received a notice from the Nazi SS to report for work detail at a labor camp.

„h July 5th , 1942, Anne and her family moved to the ¡§ Secret Annex¡¨

HOLOCAUST

„h The leader of the Nazi Party was Adolf Hitler, he believed that the German people were a superior race, stronger, and more intelligent

„h By 1933, the Nazi was the largest party in Germany appointed to head the gouvernment

„h 1940, Hitler¡¦s troops conquered Holland and the freedom of the Jews began to be severely restricted, Nazi¡¦s occupied the Netherlands

„h After the summer of 1941 Anne was not allowed to attend school with non-Jews

„h By 1942, all Jews, 6 years old and older had to wear a yellow star of David on their clothes to differentiate between Jews and non-Jewish people

„h 1942, mass arrests of Jews and mandatory service in German work camps were becoming a routine.

„h June 1944, the group of the allied landed in Normandy

THE DIARY

„h Anne received a diary from her parents, for her 13th birthday (June 12th 1942), it was just weeks before her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam

„h Anne entitled diary ¡§Kitty¡¨, it was her comfort, confidant and friend

„h She recorded there, were in many ways the ordinary thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl

„h Her diary included 25 months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with the seven other members sharing the annex

„h The diary is world renowned because it shows discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent even though it was during a very trying time

„h When the Franks went into hiding their personal items were very limited, Anne chose to bring her diary