ANNE FRANK

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ANNE FRANK
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The Story of Her Life

• To accompany
• the reading of
• her diary

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Baby Anneliese and her mother, Edith

• Anne was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt,
  Germany. She was the second daughter of Otto and
  Edith Frank, who were both from respected
  German-Jewish families.

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Anne and her older sister, Margot
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The Move from Frankfurt to Amsterdam

• In the early 1930s, the rise of the Nazi Party
  made life in Germany unsafe for the Frank family.
  In 1933, Otto Frank set up a business in
  Amsterdam, and the family joined him a few months
  later.

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Margot, Otto, Anne, and Edith

• The Franks lived a fairly comfortable life in
  their apartment at 37 Merwedeplein.Otto Frank
  also had a successful import business underway.

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Life in Amsterdam, Holland

• The girls adjusted into a normal life for the
  first few years in Holland. Anne and Margot,
  shown here at the beach, were happy and made many
  friends.

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Anne at Montessori School

• Anne was a very good student and did
  exceptionally well at her Montessori school. In
  1940, however, a change came when the Nazis
  invaded Holland.

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Nazi Occupation of Holland

• In 1941, Anne and other Jewish children could
  no longer go to public schools. In 1942, all
  Jews had to begin wearing Stars of David on their
  clothing

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The Franks Went into Hiding

• Also in 1942, Otto Frank had to turn his
  business over to non-Jewish partners. When
  arrests of Jews began, Otto made a plan to take
  his family into hiding in rooms above his
  business.

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These Friends Helped the Franks

• The helpers, from left to right Mr. Kugler,
  Miep Gies, Bep Voskuijl, and Mr.Kleiman.

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The Secret Annex Became Home

• For more than two years the Franks shared the
  Annex with another family, the Van Daans. They
  lived under constant dread of detection and
  arrest by the Nazis.

Annes room with her favorite pictures on the
wall.
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Their Worst Fear Came True

• On August 4, 1944, the Frank family's greatest
  fear came true. Nazi policemen, who had received
  an anonymous phone call about Jews hiding there,
  entered the office and the bookcase door leading
  to the Secret Annex. They arrested both
  families.

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Westerbork Concentration Camp

• On August 8, 1944, the families were moved to
  Westerbork transit camp. After nearly a month,
  they were taken to the Auschwitz death camp in
  Poland on the last Auschwitz-bound transport ever
  to leave Westerbork.

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Bergen-Belsen Camp

• In October 1944, Anne and Margot were
  transported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration
  camp in Germany. Without food, heat, medicine,
  and basic sanitation, thousands died there from
  starvation and epidemics.

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• Nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank
  died of typhus in March of 1945, at
  Bergen-Belsen. She was fifteen years old. The
  camp was liberated by the Allies just three weeks
  after her death.

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Annes Diary

• Otto Frank was the only survivor from the
  Secret Annex. He is pictured here with Miep
  Gies, who saved Annes diary and persuaded Otto
  to have it published.

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