SAtURDAY, MAY 1, 1943

    Dearest Kitty,

    Yesterday  first ed as if   to celebrate it, but tle kid. jequot;  ter, cookies, lemonade, bread, cognac, spice cake, floing paper. s on a table and displayed t!

    You mustnt get t arving. e found bread, cs absolutely disgraceful t Dussel, ed ook in to save from destruction, suff  give us anyter all,  ingy  to Mr. Kleiman, Mr.

    Voskuijl and Bep.  give t Kleiman so badly needs for omac omach even more.

    tonig Ive already o gatimes. today I packed a suitcase l f;tuff Id need in case  as M tly noted, quot;here would you go?”

    All of rikes. Martial la one less butter coupon.  naughty children.

    I o use a very sticky liquid cleanser because t, Moms ime combing en teet.

    Yours, Anne

    SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1943

    our lives o t o t in er on, when

    everyturned to normal, Ill probably ances, could ;sunkquot; so lo to manners, I mean. For example, table ever since less. I do my best to clean it, but since t into s of more s a task. ter long on t,  is rationed and in s supply. Besides, its of sucy t its practically useless. Fatrousers, and ie is also sear. Mamas corset snapped today and is beyond repair, s too small, Mot s tire er, and mine are so small t even cover my stomac can be overcome, but I sometimes o Fato regain tion we he war?

    SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1943

    ttitude of ts toleman  insigo politics. Neverts ay il ts a very long time, and yet its possible to  until t  pain and sorro noto us and our  time? No one!

    ts ation and e tension, as does fear -- for example, ;proclamationsquot; in t be forced to go into ime. talking about o  knoo tion, but later on  be astonis o take Je money, into tity papers.

    Mrs. van Daan. iful damsel (by )  it ting easier to obtain false IDs, sely proposed t , as if Father and Mr. van Daan were made of money.

    Mrs. van Daan is aling t ridiculous tti is often

    exasperated. But ts not surprising, because one day Kerli announces, quot;o izedquot;; and t, quot;As long as I can remember, Ive ed to go to Jerusalem. I only feel at her jews!”

    Pim is a big optimist, but he always has his reasons.

    Mr. Dussel makes up everyto contradict y ter t doesnt suit Anne Frank in t.

    t t matter.

    comes to politics, t. Actually, only t Madame van Daan and Dussel include themselves as well.

    tUESDAY, MAY 18, 1943

    Dearest Kit, I recently nessed a fierce dogfigween German and Engliss.

    Unfortunately, a couple of Allied airmen o jump out of tting along t Dutc for te, and told ed of six men. t o deaty Police came to pick up ter paracing out of a flaming plane, how can anyone have such presence of mind?

    Alts undeniably , able peelings and garbage. e cant to tras see it. One small act of carelessness and were done for!

    All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to t t t;sympat; Eig o obey tates of t ty will be severe.

    Any student refusing to sign  to a German labor camp. s to become of try if t to do hard labor in Germany?

    Last nig Mot t above our ten by Mouschis was followed by a loud boom, which sounded as if

    a firebomb ;Ligs!quot; I screamed.

    Pim sced to burst into flames any minute.

    Notairs to see ain our anding beside ayed upstairs to smoke a cigarette, and o bed. Less teen minutes later ting started again. Mrs. van D. sprang out of bed and  doairs to Dussel s room to seek t so find ;Come into my bed, my child!”

    e burst into peals of laug away.

    Yours, Anne