Anne Frank was born on June 12 1929 in Frankfurt am Main Germany Her parents were Otto and Edith Frank Anne had an older sister Margot
Anne’s father was a businessman and had been a German army officer during the First World War His family had lived in Frankfurt for hundreds of years Family portrait Otto Frank 1916
Anne was born during very difficult times Millions of Germans were out of work As people became more troubled they listened to the hate-filled speeches of Adolf Hitler the Nazi party leader Hitler blamed Germany’s problems on various groups of innocent people but mostly on the Jews
In January 1933 following an election Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany Jews lost their jobs Their stores were boycotted Books written by Jews were burned The Franks were Jewish and felt they had to leave their home and country They moved to Amsterdam Holland where they thought they would be safe
