(** essential entries)
1942
June 14 ** Anne turns 13. One of her presents
is this diary.
June 15 Anne’s birthday party.
June 20 The diary will be Anne’s only real friend.
June 20 Anne’s boy friends
June 21 Anne talks too much in class.
June 24 Jews are forbidden to ride the trams. Anne meets Harry
Goldberg (Hello Silberberg).
July 1 Hello's grandparents think Anne is too young for him.
Hello visits Anne’s family.
July 5 Anne’s exam grades.
July 8 ** The Franks go into hiding.
July 9 ** Layout of the hiding place
July 10 Unpacking & getting settled.
July 11 Feeling worried about hiding.
July 12 "I feel myself drifting further away."
August
14 ** The Van Daan family join the Franks in the hiding place.
August 21 The bookcase conceals the entrance to the hiding place.
September 2 Mr. & Mrs. Van Daan quarrel; Mrs. Van Daan
keeps
sheets.
September 21 * Mrs. Van Daan is unbearable
September 25 Anne visits the Van Daans. Daddy camouflages the
mail.
September 27 “We simply don’t get on together these days.”
September 28 “Why do grownups quarrel so much?”
September 29 Arranging for a bath
October 1 “Quicksilver Anne”
October 3
October 7
October 9 ** News of Jews being taken away and gassed.
October 14
October 20 Scared by the carpenter at work down the stairs.
October 29 Furniture seized from the Van Daans’ house;
reading.
November 2
November 5
November 7 ** Anne is scolded for not giving up Margot’s book.
November 9
November 10 ** Taking in an 8th person.
November 12
November 17 ** Mr. Dussel (Fritz Pfeffer) arrives.
November 19, 20 Dussel describes bad conditions for Jews.
November 28 Dussel & family are critical of Anne.
December 7
December 10 * Making sausages; Mrs. Van Daan’s dental exam.
December 13
December 22 Butter for Christmas; Mr. Dussel’s noisy
exercises.
1943
January
13 ** Terrible misery outside. We are luckier than
most.
January
30 ** Boiling with rage at criticisms
February 5 Quarrel between Van Daan & Mother; SVP gas.
February 27
March 4
March
10 Mrs. Van Daan afraid of gunfire; Peter bitten by a rat.
March
12 Boche the warehouse cat.
March
18
March
19
March
25 **Burglars attempt to break into warehouse; everyone is
scared.
March
27 Studying; Nazis declare that Jews must be “cleaned out.”
April 1
April 2 ** Anne refuses to pray with Mummy.
April 27
May 1 * Hiding place is “paradise” but inconvenient.
May 18 * Air battle between German & British planes; Mrs.
Van Daan runs to Mr. Dussel!
June 13 **Anne gets 14th birthday poem from Daddy.
June 15
July 11 * Anne struggles to behave; office work; books
bring
cheer.
July 13 ** Anne & Mr. Dussel argue over sharing the writing
table.
July 16 * Burglars steal cash and sugar coupons from warehouse.
July 19 Bombings.
July 23 ** Each person’s first wish when they are free.
July 26 Bombings frighten everyone.
July
29
August 3
August 4 * One year in hiding; nightly schedule.
August 5 * Lunch schedule.
August 9 * Evening meal.
August 10
August 18 * Peeling potatoes & Van Daan quarrel make Anne
laugh.
August 20 Evening routines when workers go home.
August 23 Daytime quiet routines.
September 10 Italy surrenders to Allies.
September 16 Tensions worsen; warehouse worker V.M. is
suspicious.
September 29
October 17
October 29 Van Daans argue, sell fur coat; Anne feels
oppressive.
November 3
November 8
"We are surrounded by darkness and danger."
November
11 Anne’s pen is cremated.
November 17
November 27 ** Anne dreams of her old friend Lies (Hanneli) and worries.
December 6
December 22 Anne has a flu; Christmas presents.
December 24 ** Longing for freedom, & for closer Mother.
December 25
December 27
December 29 ** Anne reflects sadly on Granny and Lies.
1944
January
2 ** Anne regrets hating Mummy.
January
5
January
6
January
7 Anne recalls her love for “Petel,” Peter Wessel.
January
12 Anne sees herself as isolated from Mummy.
January
15 Are most people so selfish and stingy?
January 19
January
22 ** How can I have changed so much? more objective.
January
24
January
27
January
28
January 30
February 3 Conversations about invasion and escape.
February 8
February 12 Longing for everything
February 13 * Anne notices Peter looking at her.
February 14 Peter talks to Anne.
February 15
February 16 Fetching potatoes
February 17
February 18 Anne looks forward to seeing Peter.
February 19
February 20
February 23 * The best remedy for sadness is seeing God in nature.
February 27
February 28
March
1 A burglar got into the warehouse with a key.
March
2
What is love?
March
3
March
4 Anne wonders if Peter will fall in love with her.
March
6 Peter “clings to his solitude.” Anne wants to reach
him.
March
7 ** Anne describes her playfulness in 1942, her despondency
of
1943, and her growing wisdom.
March 8
March 10
March 11
March
12 “When shall I find peace and rest within myself again?”
March
14
March
15
March 16 (1)
March
16 (2) Will Peter see through the noisy outer Anne ?
March
17
March 18
March
19 “There was not much difference between my noise and his
silence.”
March
20
March
22 Does Peter want a great friend, a girl, or a sister?
March
23
March 24
March 25
March
27
March
28 Mother opposes Anne’s visits upstairs.
March
29 From a radio broadcast, Anne gets the idea of publishing
her diary after the war. Wartime shortages and thefts.
March
31
April 1 “I am so longing for a kiss.”
April 3
April 4
April 6
April 11 ** Burglars. While
searching,
the police come to the bookcase door, terrifying everyone.
April 14 Everyone is discouraged. Will anyone be interested in
Anne’s book?
April 15
April 16 ** Peter first kisses Anne’s cheek.
April 17 “Why shouldn’t I follow the way my heart leads me?
April 18
April 19 “Is there anything more beautiful...”
April 21
April 25
April 27
April 28 ** Anne & Peter kiss. “Is it right?”
Anne compares the ordinary Anne, always joking, with the gentle
Anne, who wants to love.
May 2 Daddy advises Anne to be careful.
May 3 * “destructive urge in people”
May 5 * Anne feels independent and refuses to obey Daddy.
May 6 * Letter to Daddy upsets him.
May 7 * Anne is ashamed of hurting Daddy’s feelings.
May 8
May 9 Anne writes a story for Daddy’s birthday.
May 10
May 11 Peter fights with his mother.
May 11 * “My greatest wish is to become a journalist.”
May 13 The Van Daans quarrel about politics.
May 16
May 19
May 20
May 22 Wartime suspense. Dutch anti-Jewish feelings are
growing.
May 25 * Their vegetable delivery man is arrested.
May 26 Stress is making Anne restless.
May 31
June 2
June 5
June 6 * D-Day invasion brings hope.
June 9 Hoping the war will be over by the end of the year.
June 13 Anne turns 15.
June 13/14 “I criticize myself far more than anyone else does.”
Anne
thinks less of Peter.
June 15
June 16
June 23
June 27 The Allies are making progress in France.
June 30
July 6 * Anne sees faults in Peter.
July 8
July
15 ** “For in its innermost depths youth is lonelier than old
age.”
July 21 ** “Now I am getting really hopeful...”
August 1 ** "Little bundle of contradictions...”
(This is the last diary entry. The Franks were arrested
on August 4.)
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