Annelies Marie Frank (Anne Frank's full name) was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His parents were Otto and Edith Frank. Anne was the second daughter; his sister Margot was three years older. Anne's father worked in the family bank. His mother's job was to take care of everything at home. Margot and Anne were carefree girls and had many friends in their neighborhood. However, their parents were worried. Adolf Hitler and his party had made the Jews the scapegoat for all of Germany's social and economic problems. Anti-Semitism in the country was growing. In early 1933, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP or Nazi Party) came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler, the leader of this party, became Chancellor. He was responsible for the new government. In a short time there was discrimination against Jews. Germany transformed from a democracy into a dictatorship. Anne's parents no longer felt safe. Otto Frank's bank was also in financial difficulty due to the global economic crisis. Otto and Edith Frank decided to leave Germany. The Frank family traveled to the Netherlands in the summer of 1933. Anne's father had the opportunity to start a company in Amsterdam that sold Opekta (an ingredient used to make jam). During that time, Anne and Margot stayed with their grandmother who lived in Aachen, Germany. The mother commuted to and from Amsterdam trying to find the family a place to live. In their current home in Amsterdam, the Frank family felt free and safe, until the German army invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. It began on May 15, 1940. Even then discrimination against Jews began: Jews they could not own their own businesses, Jewish children had to attend Jewish schools, all Jews had to wear a yellow star, and countless other restrictions. There were even rumors that Jews would be deported to Germany. The rumors that the Jews would have to go to Germany, just like thousands of other Jews living in Europe, were true. The Nazis planned to send all Jews to labor camps in Germany. Germany.On June 14, 1942, on the occasion of her 13th birthday, Anne received many gifts, one of these was a diary from her parents, she on him letters to her imaginary friend, Kitty. Three months after Anne's birthday, Margot receives a summons to Westerbork camp, with the threat that the entire family will be arrested if Margot does not show up.
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