thURSDAY, MARCh 4, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
Mrs. van D. arted calling doesnt mean anyto you, so let me explain. A certain Mr.
Beaverbrook often talks on t oo lenient bombardment of Germany. Mrs. van Daan, s everyone, including Cs, is in complete agreement h Mr.
Beaverbrook. So it o tered by tion, o call her Mrs. Beaverbrook from now on.
ere getting a neo Germany. ts bad for good for us because t be famtill afraid of the warehouse.
Ganding again.
t is doing a booming business. If uff ourselves silly. Our greengrocer buys potatoes from t;equot; and brings to te office. Since s were of coming during lunc.
So muc t t s us ;a; Mrs. van D. sairs; one more sick.
I dont t pectin and pepper. As long as youre in t make candy?
A veritable torm of words came crashis morning.
t my ears ;Annes bad t; annd quot;van Daans good t.quot; Fire and brimstone!
Yours, Anne
EDNESDAY, MARCh 10, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
e circuit last nig, til daill gotten over my fear of planes and sing, and I crao
Fat for comfort. I kno sounds c till it o you! t alist, practically burst into tears and said in a timid little voice, quot;Os so awful. O; -- w;Im so scared.”
It didnt seem nearly as bad by candlelig did in to relig: to be no lig of macs ten times iaircraft guns.
Mot of bed and, to Pims great annoyance, lit te anso ;After all, Anne is not an ex-soldier!quot; And t !
old you any of Mrs. van D.s ot to keep you up to date on test adventures in t Annex, I sell you this as well.
One nig ssteps in ttic, and s t very same moment, tened pounding of alistic ;Oti!quot; sti is Mrs. van D.s pet name for ;t aken all our sausages and dried beans. And Peter? Oers still safe and sound in his bed?”
quot;Im sure t stolen Peter. Stop being suc me get back to sleep!”
Impossible. Mrs. van D. oo scared to sleep.
A feire van Daan family er to ttic and -- scurry, scurry -- s!
Once ic and never saed guests again. . . at least not at night.
A fe y and still liger up to t to get some old nerapdoor to climb do do realizing it, , h his knees
knocking, tting a rat isnt muc takes a c of your arm.
Yours, Anne
FRIDAY, MARCh 12, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
May I introduce: Mama Frank, te! Extra butter for ters, todays yout, and Motion. After a skirmiswo, ss her way.
One of tongue is spoiled. A feast for Mouschi and Boche.
You met Boc, despite t t s into , bay in toreroom.
ical name can easily be explained. For a s: one for ttic. time to time, tic cat imately tor, just as in politics. So t ;Boc; and ttic cat t;tommy.quot; Sometime after t t rid of tommy, but Boco amuse us wairs.
VVeve eaten so many bro I cant stand to look at t t them makes me sick.
Our evening serving of bread has been canceled.
Daddy just said t in a very che poor man!
I cant tear myself a the Door by Ina Bakker Boudier.
tremely ten, but ts dealing ers and tion of very good. to be , ts dont interest me much.
terrible bombing raids on Germany. Mr. van Daan is grouche
cigarette sage.
te about o start eating the canned food ended in our favor.
I cant s, ical around tra o scrounge up somet.
Its time to cut Fat I do suco anoter t nick en!
Yours, Anne
thURSDAY, MARCh 18, 1943
My dearest Kitty,
turkeys entered t excitement. Anxiously aing radio reports.
FRIDAY, MARCh 19, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
In less t ment. turkey entered t. It minister talking about turkey giving up its neu trality sometime soon. ting quot;turkey on Englands side!quot; and tc of he encouraging rumor.
tes are being declared invalid. tll be a bloo teers and ot even more to pe Ie in cant be accounted for. to turn in a to be able to state and provide proof. till be used to pay taxes, but only until next es time. Gies amp; Co. still ed-for to pay timated taxes for to be aboveboard.
Dussel -operated dentists drill. t means Ill probably be getting a thorough checkup soon.
Dussel is terribly lax o obeying t only does e letters to te, ty correspondence , tceacing tters for o keep up tice and Margot opped correcting tters, but I t be long before arts up again.
talking to ened on t ic. tions and ans somethis:
quot;My name is heinrich Scheppel.”
quot;here were you wounded?”
quot;Near Stalingrad.”
quot; kind of ?”
quot;tbitten feet and a fracture of t arm.”
t report of t ster. One of sill he could barely say a word.
I o drop Dussels soap on tep on it. Noo compensate s one bar of inferior ime soap a month.
Yours, Anne
thURSDAY, MARCh 25, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
Mot and I ting quite pleasantly toget niger suddenly came in and ;a barrel falling over in t; and quot;someone fiddling he door.”
Margot too, but rying to calm me dourned ed
doairs. A minute or ter Mrs. van Daan came up from o told us t Pim o turn it off and tiptoe upstairs. But you knoo be quiet -- tairs creaked tes later Peter and Pim, to relate their experiences.
tioned taircase and ed. Nothing happened.
tairs, to kicking up a fuss and making a lot of noise. tiptoed in our stockinged feet to t floor. Mr. van D. o bed, so ime Mr.
van D. coug. cougil someone came up idea of giving ely.
Once again ed and ed, but o t taken to tsteps in an ot building. t te office ly grouped around tuned to England. If to notice it and call t up, pulled on and pants, put on and cautiously folloairs, er (armed o be on t be and me) ed in suspense until turned five minutes later and reported t tivity in t to run any er or flusoilet; but since everyones stomacension, you can imagine tencer hroom.
Incidents like ters, and tion. Number one: tertoren bells stopped cing. Number t early last nig sure if ten to lock the door.
But t tle importance no begun, and ill sure o expect. e t betered t our lives in jeopardy, and ten-ty, it, t seemed t a burglar would he evening,
on treets. Besides t, it occurred to us t t t door migill work.
ement and ts easy to mistake the sounds.
Besides, your imagination often plays tricks on you in moments of danger.
So to bed, t to sleep. Fat of t, and Im not exaggerating doairs to see if tside door ill locked, but all was well!
Of course, ire office staff a blo of t, s muco laug ter took us seriously.
Yours, Anne
PS. toilet o stick in a long and straoilet paper terhe pole.
SAtURDAY, MARCh 27, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
eve finishand course and are now working on improving our speed.
Arent ! Let me tell you more about my quot;time killersquot; (t I call my courses, because all ry to make t muco time erest is just a passing fancy, since teenager ion of myt!
Mr. van Daan c, but o-do over it. ea, coats tincture of myrrum over , nose, gums and tongue.
And to top it off, hes in a foul mood!
Rauter, some German bigly gave a speec;All Je be out of territories before July 1. trec; these poor people are being
so filtered cattle. But Ill say no more on t. My os give me nightmares!
One good piece of ne t on fire in an act of sabotage. A feer ty Clerks Office also up in flames. Men posing as German police bound and gagged to destroy some important documents.
Yours, Anne