The Story of Anne Frank

The Story of Anne Frank Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her

father, Otto Frank, was a respected businessman and a solid member of

the city's Jewish community--he could trace his family in the city's

archives all the way back to the seventeenth century. Anne and her

older sister Margot grew up in a small, close-knit enclave of parents,

relatives, and nurses.

By 1933, however, Otto Frank feared the spread of Nazi persecution,

which was already making itself felt. (Germany's president appointed

Hitler Chancellor of Germany in January 1933; he was ruling the

country by decree by April.) He moved directly to Holland, where he

started a food products business. Holland had a long history of

sheltering refugees. Mrs. Frank and the two girls first moved to

Aachen, near the Belgian border, while Otto got settled. By the spring

of 1934, the entire family reunited in Amsterdam. While Hitler

consolidated his power and events in Germany continued to boil, Anne