Emigrating to the Netherlands

Life in Germany 1925

Jews face increasing danger in Germany. In March 1933, when Anne is four years old, her parents decide to emigrate to the Netherlands.

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After getting married, Otto and Edith Frank settle in Frankfurt. They soon have children: Margot in 1926, and Anne in 1929. Those first few years are happy ones, but the economic crisis empowers Hitler’s NSDAP. In 1933, Hitler takes over as leader of the German government. Otto and Edith Frank are deeply worried and look for a means of escape.

Happy years LIfe in Germany is good at first

Otto Frank and Edith Holländer are married in Aachen on May 12, 1925...

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Crisis and anti-Semitism Jews are made scapegoats for all of Germany’s problems

The German economy is doing badly...

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Leden van de SA marcheren door een Duitse stad.

The rise of the Nazis The crisis stirs up radical sentiments

Hitler’s NSDAP ended up growing to be the country’s largest political party in 1932.

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Emigration plans Germany becomes too dangerous for the Frank family

Otto and Edith Frank look for ways of leaving Germany...

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Anne writes:

Living in Germany

"My father, the most adorable father I've ever seen, didn't marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister Margot was born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany in 1926. I was born on June 12, 1929."

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Anne's surroundings

Otto Frank

Otto sets up a business in the Netherlands. After that, his family can come over too.

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Edith Frank

Edith has trouble settling down in the Netherlands.

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Margot Frank

Otto and Edith’s daughter, Anne’s sister Margot is a quiet, serious girl who enjoys studying.

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The people in hiding, the helpers and others

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Angela Finnicka, 17 - Scotland - United Kingdom - 15 May 2012 Comment on: Crisis and anti-Semitism

My Grand Parents were Romanian Jews that came to the US in the 1920's Marting Luther King Jr. said " History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Let the peoples on this earth not forget this....so the lives that were lost during this conflict were not lost in vain. Couldn't even imagine the feeling of waking up one morning and anyone with the name "Smith" is to be jailed or killed with the name "Smith" is their only crime.

Dale, 54 - Dunedin - United States - 13 May 2012 Comment on: Crisis and anti-Semitism

Anne Frank is a phenomenon to literature, and very interesting to read as we are learning about the story in class.

Alex, 13 - Brooklyn Park - United States - 8 May 2012 Comment on: Happy years

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