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Anne Frank
Shelter. Diary in letters

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History of this book

Anne Frank kept a diary from June 12, 1942 to August 1, 1944. At first she wrote her letters only for herself - until the spring of 1944, when she heard “Oranje” on the radio. 1
Radio station of the Dutch government in exile, broadcasting from London. (Hereinafter, notes from translators.)

Speech by Bolkestein, Minister of Education in the Dutch government in exile. The minister said that after the war, all evidence of the suffering of the Dutch people during the German occupation should be collected and published. For example, among other evidence, he named diaries. Impressed by this speech, Anna decided after the war to publish a book, the basis of which was to serve as her diary.

She began to rewrite and rework her diary, making corrections, crossing out passages that did not seem very interesting to her, and adding others from memory. At the same time, she continued to keep the original diary, which in the 1986 scientific publication is called version “a”, in contrast to version “b” - the revised, second diary. Anna's last entry is dated August 1, 1944. On August 4, eight people hiding were arrested by the Green Police.

On the same day, Miep Heath and Bep Voskuijl hid Anna's notes. Miep Heath kept them in a drawer of her desk, and when it finally became clear that Anna was no longer alive, she gave the diary, without reading it, to Otto H. Frank, Anna's father.

Otto Frank, after much deliberation, decided to fulfill the will of his late daughter and publish her notes in the form of a book. To do this, from both Anna’s diaries - the original one (version “a”) and the one revised by herself (version “b”) - he compiled an abbreviated version “c”. The diary was supposed to be published in a series, and the volume of text was set by the publishing house.

The book came out of print in 1947. At that time, it was not yet customary to casually touch on sexual topics, especially in books addressed to young people. Another important reason why entire fragments and some wording were not included in the book was that Otto Frank did not want to harm the memory of his wife and fellow prisoners in the Vault. Anne Frank kept a diary from the age of thirteen to fifteen and in these notes she expressed her antipathies and indignation as openly as her sympathies.

Otto Frank died in 1980. He officially bequeathed the original diary of his daughter to the State Institute of Military Archives in Amsterdam. Since doubts about the authenticity of the diary have constantly arisen since the fifties, the institute subjected all records to thorough research. Only after their authenticity was established beyond any doubt were the diaries, along with the research results, published. The study examined, among other things, family relationships, facts surrounding the arrest and deportation, the ink and paper used for the letter, and Anne Frank's handwriting. This relatively voluminous work also contains information about all publications of the diary.

The Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, which, as Otto Frank's general heir, also inherited the copyright of his daughter, decided to undertake a new edition on the basis of all existing texts. This does not in any way diminish the importance of the editorial work carried out by Otto Frank - work that contributed to the wide distribution of the book and its political resonance. The new edition was published under the editorship of writer and translator Miriam Pressler. At the same time, Otto Frank’s edition was used without abbreviations and was only supplemented with excerpts from versions “a” and “b”. The text, presented by Mirjam Pressler and approved by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, is a quarter larger in length than the previously published version and aims to give the reader a deeper insight into the inner world of Anne Frank.

In 1998, five previously unknown diary pages were discovered. With the permission of the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, a long excerpt has been added in this edition to the existing entry dated 8 February 1944. At the same time, a short version of the entry dated June 20, 1942 is not included in this edition, since the diary already includes a more detailed entry dated that date. In addition, in accordance with the latest findings, the dating has been changed: the entry dated November 7, 1942 is now assigned to October 30, 1943.

When Anne Frank wrote her second version (“b”), she decided what pseudonyms she would give to which person. She first wanted to call herself Anna Aulis, then Anna Robin. Otto Frank did not use these pseudonyms, but kept his real surname, but other characters were called pseudonyms, as his daughter wanted. The assistants, who are now known to everyone, deserve to have their real names also preserved in the book; the names of all others correspond to the scientific publication. In cases where a person himself wished to remain anonymous, the State Institute identified him with randomly chosen initials.

These are the real names of the people hiding with the Frank family.

Van Pels family (from Osnabrück): Augusta (born September 29, 1890), Hermann (born March 31, 1889), Peter (born November 9, 1929); Anna named them Petronella, Hans and Alfred Van Daan, in this edition - Petronella, Hermann and Peter Van Daan.

Fritz Pfeffer (b. 1889 in Giessen) and Anna herself, and in this book is named Albert Dussel.

Anne Frank's Diary

I hope that I can trust you with everything, as I have never trusted anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support for me.

All this time, both you and Kitty, to whom I now write regularly, have been a great support to me. I find journaling this way much more enjoyable, and now I can't wait to write.

Oh, how glad I am that I took you with me!

I’ll start with how I received you, that is, how I saw you on the table among the gifts (because they bought you in front of me, but that doesn’t count).

On Friday, June 12, I woke up at six o’clock, and this is quite understandable - after all, it was my birthday. But it was impossible to get up at six in the morning, so I had to restrain my curiosity until a quarter to seven. I couldn’t stand it any longer, I went to the dining room, where Moortier, our cat, met me and began to caress me.

At the beginning of eight, I went to my dad and mom, and then to the living room to unwrap gifts, and the very first I saw was you, probably one of the best gifts. There was also a bouquet, two peonies. Dad and Mom gave me a blue blouse, a board game, a bottle of grape juice, which, in my opinion, tastes like wine (wine is made from grapes), a puzzle, a jar of cream, two and a half guilders and a voucher for two books. Then they gave me another book, “Camera Obscura,” but Margot already had one, and I replaced it, a plate of homemade cookies (I baked them myself, of course, because I’m great at baking cookies now), a lot of sweets, and a strawberry cake from moms. A letter from grandma arrived the same day, but this, of course, was an accident.

Then Hanneli came to pick me up and we went to school. At recess, I treated the teachers and children to butter cookies, and then we had to study again. I returned home at five o’clock because I went to physical education (although I’m actually exempt due to the fact that my arms and legs are dislocated) and I chose a game for my classmates in honor of my birthday - volleyball. Sanna Lederman was already waiting at home. After physical education, Ilse Wagner, Hanneli Hoslar and Jacqueline van Maarsen, girls from our class, came with me. I used to have two best friends, Hanneli and Sanna, and whoever saw us together always said: “There goes Anna, Hannah and Sanna.” I only met Jacqueline van Maarsen at the Jewish Lyceum, and now she is my best friend. Ilse is Hanneli's best friend, and Sanna is at another school, and she has her own friends there.

Our club gave me a wonderful book “Dutch Traditions and Legends”, but by mistake they gave me the second volume, and so I exchanged the other two books for the first part. Aunt Helena brought another puzzle, Aunt Stephanie a pretty brooch, and Aunt Leni a wonderful book, Daisy's Mountain Vacation. This morning I was sitting in the bath and thinking about how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin-Tin-Tin. 2
The name of the dog in the film of the same name.

I would also call her Rin-Tin-Tin, and she was always at the school with the concierge, and in good weather in the bicycle room.

On Sunday afternoon they celebrated my birth. Rin-Tin-Tin was very much to the taste of my classmates. They gave me two brooches, a bookmark and two books. But first I'll tell you something about the class and the school, and I'll start with the students.

Betty Bloemendaal looks a little poor, I think she is, she lives on Jan Klaasenstraat somewhere in the western part of the city and none of us know where that is. She studies very well, but only because she is so diligent, because now it is clear that her abilities leave much to be desired. She's a pretty quiet girl.

Jacqueline van Maarsen is considered my best friend, although I have never had a real friend. At first I thought that Jacques would become her, but it didn’t turn out that way.

D.K. is a very nervous girl, she always forgets something and gets one work penalty after another. She is very good-natured, especially with H.Z.

E.S. is such a chatterbox that it’s simply impossible to stand her. If she asks about something, she will definitely start twirling your buttons with her fingers or tugging at your hair. They say that E. can’t stand me, but this doesn’t upset me at all, because I don’t like her either.

Henny Mets is a cheerful and sweet girl, but she speaks terribly loudly, and when she plays on the street, she acts like a little girl.

It’s a pity that Henny is friends with one girl, Beppi, who has a very bad influence on her, because this Beppi is terribly mean and dirty.

You can write essays about J.R. Y. is a braggart, a gossip, nasty, pretends to be an adult, insidious, hypocritical. It's a pity that she managed to get her hands on Jacques. Y. cries for every reason, is afraid of pain and is a terrible primp. Our lawyer J. is always right. She's a terribly rich girl, and her closet is full of pretty dresses, but they're too old-fashioned. She imagines herself to be a beauty, although in reality the situation is quite the opposite. Y. and I simply can’t stand each other.

Ilse Wagner is a cheerful and great girl, but she is too meticulous and can be boring for hours. Ilsa is quite attached to me. Actually, she's smart, but lazy.

Hanneli Hoslar, or Lis, as she is called at school, is a wonderful girl, usually so shy, but at home she is terribly rude. Everything they tell her, she blurts out to her mother. But she expresses her opinion frankly, and I treat her very well, especially lately.

Nanny van Praach-Seehaar is a funny, small, smart girl. I like her. She's pretty pretty. There's not much to say about her.

Efje de Jong, in my opinion, is simply inimitable. She just turned twelve, but she's a real lady. She treats me like I'm a baby. She is also always ready to help, and that's why I like her.

Kh.Z. is the most beautiful girl in our class. She has a cute face, but she's pretty dumb in class. I think they will keep her for a second year, but of course I don’t tell her about that.

(ADD)

Kh.Z., to my great surprise, was not retained for a second year.

And to conclude the story about our twelve girls, I’m sitting with Kh.Z.

You can talk a lot about boys, but it will still not be enough.

Maurice Koster is one of my many fans, but he is a rather boring guy.

Sally Springer is an incredible vulgar man, and there is a rumor that he has mated with someone. Still, I think he’s a wonderful guy because he’s terribly funny.

Emil Bonewit is a fan of H.Z., although she doesn’t really care. He's pretty boring.

Rob Cohen had a crush on me too, but now I can't stand him anymore. This is a hypocritical, deceitful, whiny, strange and boring boy, he pretends to be an awful lot.

Max van de Velde is from a farming family in Medemblik, but he is, as Margot would say, quite suitable.

Herman Koopman is also terribly vulgar, as is Jopi de Beer - a terrible suitor and womanizer.

Leo Blom is Jopie de Beer's bosom friend and has picked up his vulgar habits from him.

Albert de Mesquita transferred from Montessori School Number Six and skipped one grade. Terribly smart.

Leo Slaher also came to us from this school, but he is not as smart.

Ryu Stoppelmon, a small and strange boy from Almelo, later transferred to our school.

K.N. does everything that should not be done.

Jacques Kokernoot is sitting behind us with Pam and we are just dying of laughter (H. and I).

Harry Schaap is the most decent boy in our class, he is quite pleasant.

The same could be said about Werner Joseph, but he is a big quiet person and therefore seems boring.

Salomon himself is a kind of back-alley bully, a nasty guy. (Fan!)

Api Rome is quite religious, but also rubbish.

This is where I end. Next time I will have so much to write to you, which means I will tell you so much. Bye, you are so wonderful!

It’s such an unusual feeling for a girl like me to keep a diary! And not just because I’ve never written before. It seems to me that later neither myself nor anyone else will be interested in the confessions of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. But in fact, this is not so important, I just want to write, and moreover, to express frankly and absolutely everything that is in my soul.

“Paper is more patient than people.” This saying came to mind on one of the sad days when I was sitting with my head in my hands, and out of lethargy I couldn’t decide whether to go for a walk or stay at home, and in the end I just sat there thinking in one place. Indeed, paper will endure anything, and since I am not going to show this cardboard-bound notebook to anyone, which bears the pompous name “diary,” unless someday a friend or girlfriend appears in my life and becomes a real friend or girlfriend, then who cares.

So I’ve come to the most important thing, where the idea of keeping a diary came from: I don’t have a real friend. To make it completely clear, this would need to be explained, because no one will understand that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the whole wide world. Of course, this is not true. I have lovely parents and a sixteen-year-old sister; in total, I have at least thirty acquaintances and so-called girlfriends. I have a lot of fans, they don’t take their eyes off me, and during lessons, when there is nothing else left, they try to catch my gaze in a fragment of a mirror. I have relatives, nice aunts and a good home. To look from the outside - what else am I missing, besides a real friend. With all my friends you can only fool around; I can never talk to them about anything other than trifles. Frankness with them is impossible, that's the main thing. Maybe something in me prevents me from being frank with others, but the fact remains a fact, and, unfortunately, nothing can be done about it. That's why the diary.

But in order for me to have before my eyes a real girlfriend, whom I have been dreaming of for so long, I will not, as everyone else does, write down various facts in my diary; I want this notebook to become my friend, and I will call this friend Kitty.

Story of my life! (Idiot, how could I forget that.) No one will understand anything if you suddenly start corresponding with Kitty out of the blue, so I’ll tell you briefly about my biography, although without pleasure.

My dad, the most amazing father I've ever met, married my mom, who was 25 at the time, when he was 36. My sister Margot was born in 1926 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. On June 12, 1929, I appeared. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four years old. We are pure Jews, so my father left for Holland in 1933. He became director of the Dutch joint stock company for the production of jam - Opekta. My mother, Edith Frank-Hollender, also went to Holland in September, and Margot and I went to Aachen, where our grandmother lived. In December, Margot went to Holland, and they brought me in February and put me on the table as a gift for Margot’s birthday. Soon I went to kindergarten at Montessori school number six. I stayed there until I was six years old, then I went to first grade. In the sixth grade I went to the headmistress Mefrau Kuperus. At the end of the school year, we said goodbye very touchingly and both cried, because I had to transfer to the Jewish Lyceum, where Margot was already studying.

There was quite a lot of anxiety in our lives, since our relatives who remained in Germany were not immune to Hitler’s laws against the Jews. After the pogroms of 1938, my two uncles, my mother’s brothers, fled and arrived safely in North America, and my old grandmother came to us. She was then seventy-three years old.

After May 1940, the good times came to an end: first the war, then the capitulation, the German invasion, and for us Jews, suffering began. Laws against Jews followed one after another, and our freedom was sharply limited. Jews must wear a yellow star; Jews must hand over their bicycles; Jews are not allowed to ride on trams; Jews are not allowed to ride in cars, even private ones; Jews can only shop from three to five; Jews are only allowed to go to a Jewish hairdresser; Jews are not allowed to go out after eight in the evening and before six in the morning; Jews are not allowed to appear in theaters, cinemas, or any other places of entertainment; Jews are not allowed to go to the swimming pool, tennis court, hockey field, or other sports grounds; Jews are not allowed to engage in rowing, Jews are generally not allowed to engage in any sports in public places; after eight in the evening, Jews are not allowed to sit either in their own garden or in the garden of their friends; Jews are not allowed to visit Christians; Jewish children must go to Jewish schools, and so on and so forth. This is how our life continued, and we were forbidden one thing or another. Jacques always tells me: “I’m afraid to take on something: what if it’s forbidden?”

In the summer of 1941, my grandmother became seriously ill. She had to have surgery and my birthday wasn't particularly good. In the summer of 1940, too, because the war in Holland had just ended. Grandmother died in January 1942. No one knows how much I think about her and how much I still love her. We celebrated this birthday in 1942 to make up for all the previous ones, and my grandmother’s candle stood next to the others.

All is well with the four of us so far, and thus I come to today and the date that marks the opening of my diary, June 20, 1942.

Dear Kitty!

I'll get down to business right away; Now everything is quiet and calm, mom and dad left, and Margo and some guys went to play ping-pong with her friend Tres. I’ve also been playing ping pong an awful lot lately, so much so that five girls and I even started a club. The club is called Ursa Minor Minus Two. A terribly strange name, but that's because of one mistake. We wanted to give the club an unusual name and decided, since there are five of us, to call it “Ursa Minor Constellation.” We thought that it consisted of five stars, but we were mistaken; it, like the Big Dipper, consists of seven. That's why it's minus two. Ilse Wagner has ping-pong, and the large Wagner dining room is always at our disposal. Since we five ping pong players really love ice cream, especially in the summer, and playing makes us hot, each game usually ends with a trip to one of the nearest ice cream shops where Jews can go - Oasis or Delphi. We no longer care at all whether we have money or not, because the Oasis is always full of people and among all these people there will certainly be some generous gentleman from the vast circle of our acquaintances, or one or another of our admirers who offers us so much You can't eat enough ice cream in a week.

I think you’ll be a little surprised that at my age I’m already talking about fans. Unfortunately, or in some cases, not unfortunately at all, this seems to be a necessary evil in our school. As soon as one of the boys asks if he can walk me home on his bike and starts a conversation with me, then nine times out of ten I can be sure that the aforementioned young man has a bad habit of immediately falling head over heels in love and will not leave me alone not a single step. Gradually he cools down, especially if I don’t pay attention to his ardent glances and pedal cheerfully. Sometimes, when I get tired of this, I deliberately wobble the steering wheel, my briefcase falls, and the young man, out of decency, has to jump off and pick it up, and by the time he brings the briefcase, I manage to change the topic of conversation. These are the most harmless ones, and there are, of course, those who blow kisses or try to grab his hand, but then they certainly attacked the wrong one: I get off the bike and refuse to be in his company anymore, or I look offended and tell him in the strongest possible terms, to tell him to go home.

Well, the foundation of our friendship has been laid, see you tomorrow.

Your Anna

Dear Kitty!

Our whole class is shaking with fear. Of course, regarding the upcoming teachers' council. Half the class is betting on who will transfer and who will stay for the second year. H.Z. and I laugh until we cry at the two boys who are sitting on the desk behind us, K.N. and Jacques Kokernoot, who squandered all the capital they earned during the holidays: “They will transfer - no, they will leave - no, they will transfer...” - and so from morning to evening, even X.’s glances begging him to shut up, and my angry attacks cannot calm these two down. In my opinion, they will keep a quarter of the class for the second year, they are such idiots, but teachers are the most capricious people in the world, maybe this time, as an exception, their capriciousness is to our advantage.

I’m not really afraid for myself and my friends, everything will be fine with us. I'm just not confident in math. Well, let's wait. While we encourage each other. I have pretty good relationships with all the teachers. We have nine of them - seven men and two women. Mener Keesing, a leading mathematician, at one time was terribly angry with me because I talk so much. One remark followed another, and then he assigned me work as punishment - an essay on the topic “Chatterbox.” “Chatterbox”... Well, what can you write here. But before I began to rack my brains, I wrote down the task in a notebook, put it in my bag and tried to remain silent.

In the evening, when all the homework was done, I noticed a note about the essay. I chewed on my pen and thought about this topic. Anyone can simply write whatever they want and scatter the lines as widely as possible. But finding indisputable evidence in favor of chatter is where the art lies. I thought and thought, and suddenly it dawned on me; I completed the assigned three pages and was satisfied. I argued that chatter is inherent in women and that I, of course, will try to restrain myself a little, but I will probably never wean myself off it, because my mother talks as much as me, if not more, and it is almost useless to fight against heredity.

Mener Keesing laughed a lot at my arguments, but when in his next lesson I started chatting again, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was called "Incorrigible Chatterbox." I wrote this to him too, and in two lessons Keesing had nothing to complain about. And on the third, my chatter again infuriated him. “Anne Frank, as punishment for chatting, an essay on the theme “Quack-quack-quack,” said the duffrau Duck!”

The class burst into laughter. Willy-nilly, I also laughed along with everyone, although my research abilities in the field of chatter were exhausted. We had to find something new, very original. My friend Sanna, a wonderful poetess, offered her help - to write an essay from beginning to end in verse. I was delighted. Keesing wanted to ridicule me with this stupid essay, but with my poem I will ridicule him threefold.

The poems turned out amazing! It was about a mother duck, a father swan, and three ducklings whose father pecked them to death because they quacked too much. Fortunately, Keesing liked the joke and read the poems with commentary in our class and in other classes. Since then, I can chat as much as I like and no penalties; on the contrary, Keesing now always makes jokes.

Your Anna

Dear Kitty!

It’s unbearably hot, everyone is puffing and puffing, and in this heat I have to get everywhere on foot. Only now I appreciated what a good thing the tram is, especially with open carriages, but it is now forbidden fruit for us Jews, all we can do is run on our own two feet. Yesterday I had to go to the dentist on Jan-Lukenstraat during a long break. It is far from our school, on Stadstimmertynen. That's why I almost fell asleep during the day at school. Fortunately, people themselves offered me something to drink. The dental assistant is actually a very warm person.

The only thing we can still use is the ferry. The ferryman at Josef-Israelskad immediately took us as soon as we asked to be transported. The Dutch, of course, are not to blame for the fact that we Jews have such a bad time. If only I didn’t have to go to school, my bicycle was stolen on Easter, and my dad gave my mother’s bicycle for safekeeping to Christian friends. But fortunately, the holidays are approaching quickly, another week and the torment will end.

Something nice happened yesterday morning. I was walking past a bicycle rack when someone called out to me. I turned around and saw that standing behind me was a handsome guy whom I had met the night before at Vilma’s. He is her second cousin, and Vilma is my friend. At first she seemed very nice to me. That's true, but she talks about boys all day and nothing else, and it's starting to get boring. The guy came up, a little shy, and introduced himself: Hello Silberberh. I was a little surprised and didn’t really understand what he needed, but everything soon became clear. He wanted to keep me company and take me to school. “If it’s on your way, let’s go,” I answered, and we went together. Hello is already sixteen years old, and he tells all sorts of stories very sweetly.

This morning he was waiting for me again, and will probably continue like this from now on.

Dear Kitty!

Until today, I absolutely couldn’t find the time to write to you. On Thursday I spent the whole day with friends, on Friday guests came to us, and so on until today.

During this week, Hello and I got to know each other better, he told me a lot about his life. He came from Gelsenkirchen and lives here in Holland, without his parents, with his grandparents. His parents live in Belgium, but it is impossible for him to go there. Hello had a girl, Ursula. I know her too, she is a model of meekness and boredom. Ever since Hello met me, he realized that he was bored out of his mind with Ursula. So I'm a kind of anti-sleeping pill, you never know what you'll come in for!

Jacques spent the night with me on Saturday. In the afternoon she went to Hanneli, and I missed her to death.

Hello was supposed to come to me in the evening, but around six he called. I answered the phone and he said:

– Helmut Silberberch speaks. Please, can I call Anna?

- Yes, Hello, this is Anna.

- Hello Anna. How are you doing?

- OK, thank you.

– I wanted to tell you that, unfortunately, I won’t be able to come today, but still I would like to talk to you. Can I come to your house in ten minutes?

- Okay, bye!

- Bye, I'll be right there.

After hanging up, I quickly changed my clothes and straightened my hair a little. Then, excitedly, she leaned out of the window. Finally he came. Miracle of miracles - I did not rush headlong up the stairs, but calmly waited for him to call. I went downstairs, and without letting me come to my senses, he blurted out:

– Listen, Anna, my grandmother thinks that you are still too young to date. She says I need to go to the Loewenbachs, but you probably know that I am no longer dating Ursula.

- Why, are you in a quarrel?

- No, on the contrary. I told Ursula that we are still different people and therefore it is better for us to break off relations, but let her come to visit us, and I, hopefully, will visit them. After all, I thought that Ursula was walking with another boy, and I treated her accordingly. It turns out that this is completely wrong. And now my uncle says that I owe her an apology, but of course I don't want to, and that's why I broke up with her, but that's just one of many reasons.

My grandmother now wants me to visit Ursula and not you, but I don’t want to and won’t! Old people sometimes have terribly outdated ideas, but I have nothing to consider with them. Of course, I depend on my grandparents, but in a sense they also need me. I'm now free on Wednesday evenings because my grandparents think I'm going to woodcarving classes, but in fact I'm going to a Zionist party club. I can’t go there because my grandparents are very against Zionism. I'm not a fanatic of this either, but I'm interested. Although there has been some confusion there lately, and I think I won’t go there anymore. I'll go there for the last time on Wednesday. This means we can see you on Wednesday evenings, Saturday afternoons and evenings, Sunday afternoons, and so on.

“But if your grandparents don’t want it, then you shouldn’t do it behind their back.”

“You can’t force love.”

When we passed the Blankevoort bookstore, Peter Schiff was standing there with two guys; for the first time in a long time he greeted me, and I was terribly happy.

On Monday evening, Hello came to us to meet my parents. I bought cake, sweets, tea and cookies, all sorts of things, but Hello and I were bored sitting side by side on chairs like that, we went for a walk, and only at ten minutes past nine he walked me home. Dad was terribly angry, he didn’t like it at all that I came back late, I had to promise that in the future I would come home at ten minutes to eight. This Saturday I was invited to Hello.

Vilma told me that Hello was with her one evening and she asked him:

– Who do you like better – Ursula or Anna?

Then he said:

- None of your business.

But when he left (they didn't talk to each other for the whole evening), he said:

“Of course, Anna, well, bye, just don’t tell anyone.”

And - hop, disappeared behind the door.

It's obvious that Hello is now in love with me, and for a change I like it. Margot would say, “Hello is a very suitable guy,” and I think she would say the same and even more. Mom is delighted with him. "Smart, polite and nice boy." I’m glad that our whole family liked Hello so much, but my friends, whom he considers perfect children, didn’t like him at all - and here he’s right. Jacques always teases me about Hello; I’m not in love at all, oh no, but I can have friends, who cares.

Anne Frank was born in 1929. She died in a concentration camp when she was 15 years old. Her diary, which she kept in Amsterdam while hiding from the Nazis with her family, became known to the whole world. Anne Frank kept a diary from June 12, 1942 to August 1, 1944. At first she wrote her letters only for herself - until the spring of 1944, when she heard on Radio Oranje (the radio station of the Dutch government in exile, broadcast from London) a speech by Bolkestein, the Minister of Education in the Dutch government in exile. The minister said that after the war, all evidence of the suffering of the Dutch people during the German occupation should be collected and published. For example, among other evidence, he named diaries. Impressed by this speech, Anna decided after the war to publish a book, the basis of which was to serve as her diary. She began to rewrite and rework her diary, making corrections, crossing out passages that did not seem very interesting to her, and adding others from memory. At the same time, she continued to keep the original diary, which in the 1986 scientific publication is called version “a”, in contrast to version “b” - the revised, second diary. Anna's last entry is dated August 1, 1944. On August 4, eight people hiding were arrested by the Green Police. This edition publishes the full text of the diary, approved by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel.

Anne Frank's Diary

I hope that I can trust you with everything, as I have never trusted anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support for me.

All this time, both you and Kitty, to whom I now write regularly, have been a great support to me. I find journaling this way much more enjoyable, and now I can't wait to write.

Oh, how glad I am that I took you with me!

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1942

I’ll start with how I received you, that is, how I saw you on the table among the gifts (because they bought you in front of me, but that doesn’t count).

Our club gave me a wonderful book “Dutch Traditions and Legends”, but by mistake they gave me the second volume, and so I exchanged the other two books for the first part. Aunt Helena brought another puzzle, Aunt Stephanie a pretty brooch, and Aunt Leni a wonderful book, Daisy's Mountain Vacation. This morning I was sitting in the bath and thinking about how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin-Tin-Tin. I would also call her Rin-Tin-Tin, and she was always at the school with the concierge, and in good weather in the bicycle room.

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1942