Anne Frank 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. Not only are they Jewish but the economic crisis causes problems too. They look for a means of escape.

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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:

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"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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