Contextualizing Memoirs with Anne Frank Kelly A. Watson 2012 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators [email protected]FJH Holocaust Memorial Garden Wearing Save Darfur Bands at FJH Indiana Voices Book Signing Darfur Rally with Eowyn, 2007
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Contextualizing Memoirs with Anne Frank
Kelly A. Watson2012 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for
Otto Frank decides to relocate his family to the Netherlands.
Germany Invades Poland, Beginning WWII, September
1939
Germany Invades the Netherlands, May 1940
Anne receives a diary for her 13th birthday June 12, 1942
German Anti-Jewish Laws are Passed in Amsterdam
“…Jews must wear a yellow star. Jews must hand in their bicycles. Jews are banned from trams and are forbidden to drive…Jews must be indoors by eight…and cannot even sit in their own gardens after that hour. Jews are forbidden to visit theaters, cinemas, and other places of entertainment…Our freedom was strictly limited. Yet things were still bearable.” Anne Frank
June 20, 1942
Bombing of Pearl HarborDecember 7, 1941
Anne and Margot removed from public school and begin at the Jewish Lyceum.
Frank and van Pels Families Move into the AnnexJuly 1942
D-Day, June 6, 1944
Hope is revived within us; it gives us fresh courage, and makes us strong again…I may yet be able to go back to school in September or October. Yours, Anne Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Discovery of the AnnexAugust 4, 1944
“It was around ten-thirty. I was upstairs with the van Pelses in Peter’s room and I was helping him
with his schoolwork. I was showing him the mistake in the dictation when suddenly someone came
running up the stairs. The stairs were squeaking, I stood up, because it was still early in the morning and everyone was supposed to be quiet - then the door opened and a man was standing right in front of us with a gun in his hand and it was pointed at
us.”
Otto Frank
Liberation of AuschwitzJanuary 1945
Otto Frank is liberated by the Russians on January 27th.