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From Anne Frank's Diary
On Nazi Punishment of Resisters
"Have you ever heard the term 'hostages'? That's the latest punishment
for saboteurs. It's the most horrible thing you can imagine. Leading
citizens--innocent people--are taken prisoner to await their execution.
If the Gestapo can't find the saboteur, they simply grab five hostages
and line them up against the wall. You read the announcements of their
death in the paper, where they're referred to as 'fatal accidents.'"
--October 9, 1942
"All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to
the effect that they 'sympathize with the Germans and approve of the
New Order." Eighty percent have decided to obey the dictates of their
conscience, but the penalty will be severe. Any student refusing to
sign will be sent to a German labor camp."
--May 18, 1943
On Writing and Her Diary
"Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast
from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of
diaries and letters dealing with the war. Of course, everyone pounced
on my diary."
--March 29, 1944
"When I write, I can shake off all my cares."
--April 5, 1944
Describing her Despair
"I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The
world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to
change events anyway. I'll just let matters take their course and
concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in
the end."
--February 3, 1944
"...but the minute I was alone I knew I was going to cry my eyes out.
I slid to the floor in my nightgown and began by saying my prayers,
very fervently. Then I drew my knees to my chest, lay my head on my
arms and cried, all huddled up on the bare floor. A loud sob brought
me back down to earth..."
--April 5, 1944
On Her Old Country, Germany
"Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think I'm actually
one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long
ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the
Germans and Jews."
--October 9, 1942
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