The Life of Anne Frank

Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl

By: Hannah and ChloeMr. O Toole’s 5th Class

Anne, Mom, and Margot

Anne Frank was born to Otto Frank and his wife Edith on June 12th 1929

She had a sister Margot who was three years older.

They were a Jewish family living in Germany.

The Rise of Hitler

By 1932 Adolf Hitler had risen to power in Germany.

Hitler was a dictator who blamed the Jews for all of Germany’s problems.

Otto realized Germany was unsafe and moved his family moved to the Netherlands.

Life in the Netherlands Family Safe for a while 1940 Germans invaded Netherlands Jews arrested and persecuted Jews movements were restricted and

they had to wear a yellow star Margot was called to a work camp in

Germany and family had to go into hiding immediately

Living Conditions Secret Annex Mr. and Mrs. Van

Pels and their son Peter joined them

They only had two rooms and a small bathroom

Food was stored in the attic

No Privacy

Family Relationships

Jewish families in hiding must live a life of silence.

A movable bookcase hid the secret door to their hide out

Tempers run short.

Relationships are torn.

Noises In the Night

Nazi Soldiers patrol the streets

Jews on the streets were killed

Shooting and screaming were heard throughout the night

Nightly freedom Quiet as

a mouse The families in hiding

had to be very quiet by day and couldn’t even flush the toilet

When the workers went home at 5.30 the families were free to move around

Anne called it their “Nightly Freedom”

Anne’s Diary Anne began to

keep a diary of day to day life in the annex.

She called her imaginary friend, “Kitty”

Anne decides that her diaries will be published as a book after the war.

She will call it “Achterhuis” (Secret Annex)

Concentration Camps

Discovery August 4th, 1944

the families are discovered.

Anne and her family are marched off and three days later are sent by freight car to Auschwitz concentration camp

Camp Maps

Camp Conditions

Jews sent to camps on the DEATH TRAIN.

Many died on the way.

Anne and Margot die of typhus

In October, 1944 Anne and Margot are transferred to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

They contract typhus and die in March, 1945

Camp Liberation

Allies move in and free Prisoners.

End of Holocaust 1945

Anne Frank’s Diary found and published