Why did Anne Frank move to Amsterdam

1
Why did Anne Frank move to Amsterdam?

• Hitler came into power with the Nazi party.
• Anti-Jewish decrees were made across Germany
• Annes father had a jam making business in
  Amsterdam.

2
Hitler and the Nazi Party!

• From 1933 onwards the Nazi party, lead by Hitler,
  came to power in Germany. This began a dark
  chapter in Germanys history.
• Many innocent people were persecuted.
• This happened to the Jews and many others such as
  gypsies, blacks and gays. All because they were
  different and not the same as Hitlers image.

• Hitler had an image of perfect German people
  called Aryans.They were better than others.

3
The Anti-Jewish Decrees

• Many laws were made of what Jews could and
  couldnt do, Anne describes some of these in her
  diary..
• Jews were required to wear a yellow star, Jews
  were forbidden to use trams, Jews were required
  to turn in their bicycles,Jews were forbidden to
  use any public sports centres, Jews were not
  allowed to watch any form of entertainment and so
  on

4
The Opekta company

• Annes father, Otto Frank had a jam-making
  business in Amsterdam. This was called Opekta.
• He moved the family to Amsterdam because he had
  arranged a hiding place above the warehouse of
  his business.

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Why did Otto move his family to Amsterdam?

• He could foresee the problems that he and his
  family would have if they stayed in Germany.
• He was trying to escape the persecution and
  segregation.

• He didnt want his family to be subjected to
  Anti-Jewish laws and decrees made by Hitler.
• Jews were treated like equals in Holland and the
  Netherlands.
• Otto had somewhere to work in Amsterdam