16 moments

1. Birth at Maingau Red Cross Clinic

   1929-06-12 · Maingau Red Cross Clinic, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

   

   Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt am Main at the clinic now called Krankenhaus Maingau vom Roten Kreuz. The clinic is now called Krankenhaus Maingau vom Roten Kreuz.

2. Early childhood home at Marbachweg 307

   1929-06-12 · Marbachweg 307, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

   

   Anne spent her earliest years in the Frank family home at Marbachweg 307 before the family moved within Frankfurt in 1931. Anne's presence begins with her birth on 12 June 1929; the cited residence interval began before she was born.

3. Frank family home at Ganghoferstraße 24

   1931-03-15 · Ganghoferstraße 24, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

   

   The Frank family moved to this Frankfurt home when Anne was a toddler and remained there until the family’s departure from Frankfurt in 1933. The Anne Frank House research record dates the family’s tenancy from 15 March 1931 to 25 March 1933.

4. Stay with grandmother in Aachen

   1933-09-01 · Monheimsallee 42-44, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

   

   Anne lived with her maternal grandmother Rosa Holländer-Stern in Aachen while her parents established the family’s move to the Netherlands. The cited record dates Anne’s stay from 1 September 1933 to 16 February 1934.

5. Emigration to Amsterdam

   1934-02-16 · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

   

   Anne arrived in Amsterdam to reunite with her family after the move from Nazi Germany. The Anne Frank House timeline dates this event 16 February 1934; coordinates represent central Amsterdam because the timeline entry is city-level.

6. Kindergarten at Preparatory School No. 51

   1934-04-09 · Preparatory School No. 51, Dintelstraat 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   Anne attended the kindergarten associated with Amsterdam’s Sixth Montessori School during her first full year in the Netherlands. The school moved to Niersstraat 43 on 23 May 1934 while Anne was enrolled.

7. Primary education at Sixth Montessori School

   1935-08-16 · Sixth Montessori School, Niersstraat 41, Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   Anne attended the Sixth Montessori School in Amsterdam until anti-Jewish school segregation forced her to leave in 1941. The cited record gives 16 August 1935 as her admission date and 27 September 1941 as her deregistration date.

8. Student at the Jewish Lyceum

   1941-10-15 · Jewish Lyceum, Voormalige Stadstimmertuin 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   After Jewish children were excluded from public schools, Anne attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam until her family went into hiding.

9. Residence at Merwedeplein 37-II

   1942-06-01 · Merwedeplein 37-II, Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   Anne was living at the Frank family apartment at Merwedeplein shortly before the family entered hiding; she wrote the opening entries of her diary during this period. The Anne Frank House residence record dates the family’s occupancy at this address through 6 July 1942; the quoted Dutch source text establishes Anne’s arrival in Amsterdam and the record identifies this address as the family home.

10. Hiding in the Secret Annex

    1942-07-06 · Secret Annex, Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Anne entered the Secret Annex with her parents and sister, where she kept her diary while in hiding for more than two years.

11. Arrest and interrogation at Zentralstelle

    1944-08-04 · Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung, Adama van Scheltemaplein 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Following the raid on the Secret Annex, Anne was taken with the other people in hiding to the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung for interrogation. Contemporary accounts differ over whether the prisoners were initially taken to this office or the nearby SD regional office; the cited Anne Frank House record places them at the Zentralstelle.

12. Imprisonment in Westerbork punishment barracks

    1944-08-08 · Westerbork transit camp, Zwiggelte, Drenthe, Netherlands

    

    Anne was imprisoned in Westerbork’s punishment barracks after her arrest in hiding, before the final transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz. Coordinates mark the documented punishment-barracks area; Anne Frank House identifies Punishment Barrack 67.

13. Arrival and imprisonment at Auschwitz-Birkenau

    1944-09-05 · Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Oświęcim, German-occupied Poland

    

    Anne arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau after deportation from Westerbork and was subjected to camp imprisonment and forced labour until selection for transfer to Bergen-Belsen. The cited record dates the transport from Westerbork as 3–5 September 1944.

14. Selection for transport from Auschwitz

    1944-10-30 · Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Oświęcim, German-occupied Poland

    

    Anne and Margot Frank were selected at Auschwitz-Birkenau for transfer to Bergen-Belsen, separating them permanently from their mother Edith. The transport departed in the early morning of 1 November 1944.

15. Arrival at Bergen-Belsen

    1944-11-03 · Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Lohheide, Lower Saxony, Germany

    

    After a three-day train journey, Anne arrived at Bergen-Belsen with Margot Frank and Auguste van Pels, where she remained imprisoned until her death. The source’s event coordinates identify the Bergen arrival area; camp coordinates are used for the subsequent imprisonment site.

16. Death at Bergen-Belsen

    1945-02-01 · Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Lohheide, Lower Saxony, Germany

    

    Anne died in Bergen-Belsen during the camp’s typhus epidemic. The exact day is not established, but current Anne Frank House research places her death in February 1945. The exact date of death has not been established; February 1945 is the maximum defensible precision.