Otto Frank witnessed the birth of their second daughter, Anne, on June 12,.
The family lived in Frankfurt, Germany, in a small, tight-knit Jewish community. Anne and.
her elder sister, Margot, enjoyed life with relatives, nurses, and many friends.
When Anne was four years old, Hitler was already in full control of Germany. Fearing.
Nazi persecution, Otto relocated to Holland, and commenced a food products business.
Simultaneously, Mrs. Frank and the girls moved to Aachen. The entire Frank family reunited in.
Amsterdam by the spring of 1934. For the subsequent five years, Anne attended the Montessori.
school where she made many friends, both boys and girls.
After the declaration of war in 1939 and the capture of Poland, Denmark, and Norway,.
Hitler's Germany moved to crush Holland in April, 1940. Anne's life remained unaltered, except.
her having to leave Montessori and attend a segregated Jewish school. Mr. & Mrs. Frank grew.
even more afraid of the future, especially of the chilling concentration camps German Jews were.
then being sent to. Thus, they began to make preparations to go into hiding. .
With the help of Otto's Dutch associates and friends, a "secret annexe" was formed as.
their hiding place. It consisted of a group of rooms behind an office building, and hid the lives of.
the Franks", the VanDaan's, and an elderly dentist, Mr. Dussel. They all moved in on July 6,.
1942, and remained missing in action for two years from the ever-changing world.
Life wasn't easy in the "secret annexe". There was a constant threat at that height of.
Hitler's empire, causing those in hiding to stay quiet all day long, and only moving about at night.
when everyone slept. During those two years, they never stepped outside, lived with growing.
tensions to those surrounding them, and a very poor diet. Their only connection to the outside.
world around them was with an illegal radio.
On August 4, 1944, with the information provided by a Dutch informer, the Gestapo.
