The diary of Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank Translated by Eleanor Roosevelt
Who is who?
Anne Frank
Born: June 12 , 1929
In hiding: 13 - 15 years old
Died: March 1945
Anne is Otto and Edith's daughter and Margot's sister.
Ottto Frank
Born: May 12 , 1889
In hiding: 42 - 44 years old
Died: August 1980
Otto is Anne and Margot's father and Edith's husband.
Edith Frank
Born: January 16 , 1900
In hiding: 42 - 44 years old
Died: January 6 , 1945
Edith is Anne and Margot's mother and Otto's wife.
Margot Frank
Born: February 16 , 1926
In hiding: 16 - 18 years old
Died: March 1945
Margot is Otto and Edith's daughter and Anne's sister.
Hermann van Pels
Born: March 31 , 1898
In hiding: 44-46 years old
Died: September 1994
Peter van Pels
Born: November 8 , 1926
In hiding: 15 - 17 years old
died: May 5 , 1945
Auguste van Pels
Born: September 29 , 1900
In hiding: 41 - 43 years old
died: April / May 1945
Fritz Pfeffer
Born: April 30 , 1889
In hiding: 43 - 45 years old
died: December 20 , 1944
Anne's history
1933
Jews face increasing danger in Germany. In March 1933 , when Anne is four years old , her parents decide to move to the Netherlands.
1940
1942
1942 - 1944
Anne Frank starts keeping a diary from he thirteenth birthday. She takes to the hiding place. Anne enters the secret annex as a girl , but grows into a young woman there. She spends more time thinking about life, and records her thoughts in her diary.
1944
1945
After the arrest , Miep had found Anne's diary and kept it in a safe place. When Otto returned she gave it to him and said '' This is your daughters legacy.'' Soon afterwards Anne's diary was published.