This presentation will:

Introduce you to the events and importance of World War IIFamiliarize you with the important characters in historySupply background for the story of Anne Frank, her family, and her friends

NOTE: This presentation serves as a great introduction to both the memoir by Anne Frank and the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

Who was in World War II?

united states of America

United kingdom

united Soviet Socialist Republic

china

france

poland

Canada

australia

New zealand

South africa

netherlands

WWII > Who?The allies The axis

Nazi germany

japan

italy

hungary

romania

bulgaria

finland

thailand

iraq

WWII > Who?

Adolf hitler

WWII > Who was hitler?

Adolfhitler

A german soldier in world war I A powerful public speaker The man germany hoped would

help fix their economic problems in the aftermath of world war I

The elected leader of germany The leader of the nazi political

party An enemy of the jewish people The infamous initiator of the

holocaust, one of the worst events in human history.

WWII > Who was hitler?

Adolfhitler family

tree

WWII > Who was hitler?

Adolf Hitler as a baby

Adolf Hitler as a young boy

theboy

WWII > Who was hitler?

Adolf Hitler as a soldier in world war i

Adolf Hitler as a soldier in world war i

thesoldier

WWII > Who was hitler?

theFuhrer,

Chancellor of germany

Why did World War II

happen?

Nationalistic tension Unresolved issues from world war

i Effects of the great depression Economic turmoil in germany Political vacuum in germany 1937 japanese invasion of china 1939 german invasion of poland 1941 japanese bombing of pearl

harbor

WWII > why did it happen?

worldwar

II

What happened in World War II?

Adolf Hitler becomes leader

of Nazi Party

World War I ends

Germans elect Nazis into power

Hitler reveals

war plans.

1st concentration camp opened

near Berlin

Adolf Hitler voted

Chancellor of Germany

German military

mobilizes

Kristall-nacht

German Jews

stripped of rights.

Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and

disabled

Assassination attempt on Hitler fails

Nazis bomb Britain

Nazis invade Netherlands

Britain, France, Australia, &

New Zealand declare war on Germany

Anne Frank born

U.S. Stock Market crashes

WWII > When?Olympics begin in Berlin, Germany

More timeline

Nazi mass

murders start

Gas chambers

at Auschwitz

Hitler declares war on

USA

Japanese-Americans sent to US

concentration camps

Nazis invade

northernAfrica

Anne gets diary for

13th birthday

Allied Forces D-Day

invasion

Jews fight

back in Warsaw ghetto

Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars

Japan bombs Pearl

Harbor

Anne’s family

betrayed

Anne, Margot, & Auguste moved to

Bergen-Belsen camp

Edith dies at

Auschwitz

Otto liberated

from Auschwitz Otto

hopes to find girls @ home

Anne & Margot die at Bergen-Belsen

Fritz Pfeffer

joins the Annex

Frank family goes into hiding

WWII > When?

More timeline

Otto Frank dies

(age 91)

1st 1,500 copies of Anne’s

diary are published

Hitler commits suicide

Germany surrenders

USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

Japan surrenders

Miep Gies dies

(age 100)

USA drops nuclear bomb

on Nagasaki

WWII > When?

What was the holocaust?

WARNING: Some of the upcoming images are intense and graphic in nature. They are not for the light of heart, but they are something that must be remembered, lest humankind falter and repeat our past mistakes.

Netherlands – where franks hidSwitzerland –franks lied about fleeing toBergen-belsen – where anne diedAuschwitz – where anne’s dad was sent

WWII > the holocaust

WWII > the holocaust

Flow charts were used to determine who was german and who was not.

WWII > the holocaust

WWII > the holocaust

Synagogue in Warsaw ghetto Auschwitz death camp

WWII > the holocaust

Who was anne frank?

One of the most discussed jewish victims of the holocaust

Born in germany Family went into hiding from the

nazis in amsterdam caught & sent to bergen-belsen Died of typhus only weeks before

the camp was liberated Gained international fame after

her diary was published each year Her diary is 2nd best-

selling non-fiction book; only the bible sells more copies.

WWII > Who is anne frank?

annefrank

WWII > Who is anne frank?

Anne frank at madame tussaud’s

wax museum

Anne frank statue

WWII > Who is anne frank?

Anne’s grave

memorial

memorialAnne frank

house

memorial

Anne frank’s diary

WWII > Who is anne frank?