Anne
was born in Frankfurt on 12 June 1929. She died in a camp because of typhoid
and exhaustion, just three months short of her sixteenth birthday. Anne Frank’s
diary was kept from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944. She provides an important
eyewitness account of the events during the Second World War. The Secret Annexe begins on 10th
of November 1942, when Anne frank and her family spent more than a year in hiding
in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. This book is an extract from The Definitive Edition
of Anne’s diary.
Anne
had spent over a year in the annexe, together with her parents and sister, and
the Van Daan family. Albert Dussel was allowed
in the annexe with the mutual approval of the two families. Anne states that
she gets frightened when she thinks of her close friends who are at the mercy
of Nazis. She says that people were shipped off to filthy slaughter houses and
quotes the saying ‘Misfortunes never come singly.’
Frank
shares her troubles during the hiding period. This includes stories of how food,
books and other items smuggled into the temporary residence. She also shares
her urge to read books, her troubles with her mother and development of
problems with Dussel regarding their shared space.
The
social and psychological tensions which she faced during the tough times is given
in the book. Anne longs to have a home of her own where she is allowed to move
freely and do her homework again. She wants to end living like a fugitive and
go back to school.
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