Anne Frank Kristi Nevel
Introduction Anne’s parents came from respectful German families. Otto Frank, Anne’s father, wan an officer in the World War 1. Margot, her sister, and Anne had many friends from different nationalities. Their parents taught them to be nice to all people. Hitler effected the Jews more and more as the time went on. Otto feared the safety for him and his family.
About the Franks Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt Germany. She was the second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank. Anne's father was an officer in the German Army during World War I. By 1942 Jews were being arrested because they were Jews. Many were forced to go to German force labor camps. Instead of going, the Frank family began to prepare to go into hiding. They were going to hide in the Annex above Otto Franks work.
The Secret Annex While they were getting ready, Anne celebrated her 13th birthday on June 12, 1942. July5, 1942, her sister received a call-up notice to be deported to a Nazi “work camp.” The camp was not ready but they had to move in it right away. They said they had left the country, but really they just moved to the Annex.
Living Under Nazi Rule All Jews had to register their business and, later, surrender them to non-Jews. Fortunately, Otto Frank had thought this might happen. He already turned his business over the the non-Jews colleages Victor Kuler and Johannes Kleiman.
Arrest and Deportation At approximately 10 am, August 4, 1944, the Frank family’s greatest fear came true. A Nazi policeman and several Dutch collaborators appeared at 263 Prinsengracht, having received a phone call that Jews were hiding in there. They headed straight for the bookcase leading to the secret Annex. They were forced to give up their belongings and leave.
Safety Otto and the rest of his family moved to Amsterdam and set up a new business. By 1930 the Franks were living a normal like and the girls were going to school. Otto’s belief that Amsterdam would bring safety was shattered when the German’s invaded the Netherlands.
Diary Anne kept a diary which she wrote in almost everyday.
The Newspaper Anne always talked to her dad about daily things that were happening. Sometimes even the people would get the a newspaper and Anne and her dad would read it together on the bed. Shown below.
After The War Otto Frank was the only one to survive out of those that were in the hiding with him. After the war Otto found it hard to live in Amsterdam because of the thought of his dead wife and daughters. He later remarried to Elfried Geiringer, also a survivor.
The End Otto Frank died on August 19, 1980, at the age of ninety-one.