Anne Frank

Every entry, with its source

At 0

1. Jun 12, 1929

   Born in Frankfurt, Germany

   The second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank, a liberal Jewish family.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 4

1. Feb 1934

   Moved to Amsterdam at four

   Her father had left Germany after Hitler came to power and set up a business selling pectin.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 5

1. c. 1934

   Started at a Montessori school

   She was a chatty pupil who liked writing and history.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 10

1. May 1940

   Germany invaded the Netherlands

   She was ten. Anti-Jewish rules followed; the family lost their German citizenship in 1941.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 12

1. Sep 1941

   Forced to move to a Jewish-only school

   Jewish children could no longer attend school with non-Jews.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 13

1. Jun 12, 1942

   Received a red-checked autograph book for her 13th birthday

   She used it as a diary and addressed her entries to an imaginary friend, Kitty.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Jul 6, 1942

   Went into hiding in the Secret Annex

   The day after her sister Margot was ordered to report for a labour camp. Eight people shared the rooms behind her father's office.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 14

1. May 1944

   Began rewriting her diary for publication

   A radio appeal from the Dutch government in exile that March had asked for wartime diaries. She was 14.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 15

1. Aug 4, 1944

   Arrested with all eight in the Annex after two years hidden

   Who betrayed them, if anyone, has never been settled. Helper Miep Gies saved the diary pages.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Sep 3, 1944

   Deported to Auschwitz on the last transport from Westerbork

   She was 15, just old enough to escape immediate selection for the gas chambers.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
3. Nov 1944

   Moved to Bergen-Belsen with Margot

   Their mother stayed behind and died in Auschwitz in January.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
4. Feb 1945

   Died of typhus at 15, weeks before the camp was liberated

   In February or early March 1945; the Dutch authorities recorded 31 March. Her father was the only one of the eight to survive.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org