Anne FrankA Girl and Her Diary

By: Claire Federico

Germany and Hitler• Hitler appointed chancellor in

January 1933• Blamed Jews for Germany’s

problems• Believed everyone should be

same race• Built concentration camps for

Jews• Many went into hiding or were

forced to live in ghettos• This era was called the holocaust.

Early Years

• Born on June 12th, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany• Parents were Edith and Otto Frank; sister was Margot• Loved to play outside and listen to father’s stories• Problems in Germany caused family to move to

Amsterdam to escape Hitler

Hiding

• Anne received diary on her 13th birthday• Wrote about hardships of being Jews• In 1942, Margot was called to report for camp duty• Otto Frank immediately started preparing a hiding spot

Secret Annex

Concentration Camp• On August 4th, 1944, a

Nazi car showed up at the office

• Someone had turned them in

• The family was sent to concentration camps

• Soon the members of the secret annex were transported to Auschwitz

• Otto Frank was separated from his girls

Anne and Margot

• Sent to Bergen-Belsen• Margot gets typhus• Anne catches disease• Dies in March 1945

The DiaryTranslated into 67 languages - Sold over 3 million copies

The Diary of Anne Frank

The story of an extraordinary girl, who put a decade of horror for Jews into a diary…