2. Introduce you to the events and importance of World War II
This presentation will:
Introduce you to the events and importance of World War II
Familiarize you with the important characters in history
Supply background for the story of Anne Frank, her family, and her friends
NOTE: This presentation serves as a great introduction to both the memoir by Anne Frank and the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

3. Who was in World War II?

4. WWII > WHO? The Allies The Axis United States of America
Nazi Germany
United Soviet Socialist Republic
Japan
United Kingdom
Italy
China
Hungary
France
Romania
Poland
Bulgaria
Canada
Finland
Australia
Thailand
New Zealand
Iraq
South Africa
Netherlands

5. WWII > Who?
Adolf hitler

6. WWII > Who Was Hitler?
A German soldier in World War I
A powerful public speaker
The man Germany hoped would help fix their economic problems in the aftermath of World War I
The elected leader of Germany
The leader of the Nazi political party
An enemy of the Jewish people
The infamous initiator of the Holocaust, one of the worst events in human history.
Adolf
hitler

7. WWII > Who Was Hitler?
Adolf
Hitler
Family
Free

8. WWII > Who Was Hitler?
Adolf Hitler as a baby
Adolf Hitler as a young boy
The
Boy

9. WWII > Who Was Hitler?
Adolf Hitler as a soldier in World War I
Adolf Hitler as a soldier in World War I
The
Soldier

10. WWII > Who Was Hitler?
The
Fuhrer,
Chancellor of Germany

11. Why Did
World War II Happen?

12. WWII > Why Did It Happen?
Nationalistic tension
Unresolved issues from World War I
Effects of the great depression
Economic turmoil in Germany
Political vacuum in Germany
1937 Japanese invasion of China
1939 German invasion of Poland
1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
World
War II

13. What Happened in World War II?

14. WWII > When? Olympics begin in Berlin, Germany Britain, France,
Australia, &
New Zealand declare war on Germany
Nazis invade Netherlands
Germans elect Nazis into power
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
1st concentration camp opened near Berlin
German military mobilizes
Anne Frank born
Nazis bomb Britain
Adolf Hitler voted Chancellor of Germany
German Jews stripped
of rights.
Hitler reveals
war
plans.
Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled
World War I ends
U.S. Stock Market crashes
Kristall-nacht
More timeline

15. WWII > When? Anne & Margot die at Bergen-Belsen
Frank family goes into hiding
Anne, Margot, & Auguste moved to Bergen-Belsen camp
Nazis invade northern
Africa
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japanese-Americans sent to US concentration camps
Fritz Pfeffer joins the Annex
Anne’s family betrayed
Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars
Edith dies at Auschwitz
Otto liberated from Auschwitz
Jews fight back in Warsaw ghetto
Otto hopes to find home
Nazi mass murders start
Hitler declares war on USA
Gas chambers
at Auschwitz
Anne gets diary for 13th birthday
Allied Forces D-Day invasion
More timeline

16. WWII > When? USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki
1st 1,500 copies of Anne’s diary are published
USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
Otto Frank dies
(age 91)
Miep Gies dies
(age 100)
Hitler commits suicide
Germany surrenders
Japan surrenders

17. What was the Holocaust?
WARNING: Some of the upcoming images are intense and graphic in nature. They are not for the light of heart, but they are something that must be remembered, lest humankind falter and repeat our past mistakes.

18. WWII > The Holocaust
Netherlands – where Franks hid
Switzerland – Franks lied about fleeing to
Bergen-Belsen – where Anne died
Auschwitz – where Anne's dad was sent

19. WWII > The Holocaust
Flow charts were used to determine who was German and who was not.

20. WWII > The Holocaust

21. WWII > The Holocaust
Synagogue in Warsaw Ghetto
Auschwitz Death Camp

22. WWII > The Holocaust

23. Who Was
Anne Frank?

24. WWII > Who Is Anne Frank?
One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust
Born in Germany
Family went into hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam
caught & sent to Bergen-Belsen
Died of typhus only weeks before the camp was liberated
Gained international fame after her diary was published
each year her diary is 2nd best-selling non-fiction book; only the Bible sells more copies.
anne
frank

25. WWII > Who Is Anne Frank?
Anne frank at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum
Anne Frank Statue

26. WWII > Who Is Anne Frank?
Anne’s Grave
Memorial
Memorial
Anne Frank
House
Memorial

27. WWII > Who Is Anne Frank?
Anne Frank’s Diary