MARCH, 1943
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
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