Introduction to Anne Frank

Facts about Anne Frank

• Born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany

Facts about Anne Frank

• Otto Frank, her father

• Edith Frank, her mother

• Margot Frank, her sister

• Miep Gies, worked for Anne’s father and helped them while they were in hiding

• Anne received a diary from her father on her 13th birthday

Facts about Anne Frank

• Spent most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands (moved there in 1933)

• Went into hiding in an annex (above her father’s office) in 1942

• Annex – an addition that extends a main building (extra room or area)

Facts about Anne Frank

Shortly after the Franks went into hiding, they were joined by: van Pels family (3 people).

A few months later, dentist Fritz Pfeffer joined the group.

8 people lived in the annex for almost two years.

August 4, 1944, the Franks were discovered and arrested.

1. Westerbork, a transit camp

2. Auschwitz, a concentration camp

3. Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp

3rd stop, Bergen-Belsen

2nd stop, Auschwitz

1st Stop, Westerbork

Anne Frank died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen seven months after her arrest.

Typhus – a disease transmitted by body lice and causes high fever

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005210&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=10008&gclid=CMGg9s3gxJ8CFQmdnAodOTr0zw

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