"Happy birthday, Anna." "Thank you, Pim." "Such a surprise, huh?" "Chose the nicest one, didn't you?" "We did." "'Writing in a diary is going to be a really strange experience for someone like me." "'Not only because I've never written anything before, 'but also because it seems to me that later on, neither I nor anyone else 'will be interested in the chatterings of a 13-year-old schoolgirl." "'The thing is, nobody would believe that I'm alone in the world." "'I have loving parents and a 16-year-old sister, 'and there are about 30 people I can call friends." "'I have a throng of admirers who can't keep their adoring eyes off me." "'No." "On the surface, I seem to have everything... 'except my one true friend." "'I hope I'll be able to confide everything to you 'and that you'll be a great source of comfort and support.'" "I'd love to." "Till tomorrow, then." "Where are you going to go?" "Just for a walk." "At least we can still do that." "'Jews are forbidden to go to the cinema, you see... 'or to swim, or go ice-skating, or use the parks, 'or sit on public benches, or use trams, or ride in cars." "'But we can still go out with a boy.'" "(You go.)" "Why?" "I don't want to look too keen." "What's happened?" "Don't answer the door." "Don't let anyone in." "But what is it?" "It's call-up papers." "Father." "But...they'll send him away to the labour camp." "Excuse me." "You dropped something." "Thank you." "You won't be going, of course." "Where's she not going?" "The summons was for me." "What?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "It's that friend of yours." "He'll think there's no-one here." "Why are they sending her?" "It's because I'm 16." "Why didn't you TELL me?" "We thought you were too young." "Too young?" "Annelies, sit down." "You must listen to me, very carefully." "We've been making arrangements to go into hiding..." "Hiding?" "Where?" "We planned to leave in about ten days' time but we've had to change it." "Is it in the country?" "I can't tell you yet, my darling, but we have to leave early tomorrow morning and we have to move fast." "Darling, Miep will take you separately." "It'll be safer that way." "Now you must say nothing to anyone." "Do you understand?" "Now, wear all the clothes you can and pack what you can carry in your schoolbag." "We can't be seen to carry suitcases." "Miep and Johannes will collect the rest of our things later." "He's gone." "I'll take Moortje." "'I packed the craziest things, but my brain was in a whirl." "'Anyway, memories mean more to me than dresses.'" "Leave them." "'We looked as if we were going to spend the night in a fridge." "'I was wearing two vests, three pairs of pants, a dress, a skirt and two pairs of stockings.'" "Ready?" "'I was suffocating even before we left the house.'" "Goodbye, Moortje." "It's here?" "Your office?" "I thought we were going to the country." "You must hurry up." "It's late." "The workers will be arriving." "Thank you, dear Miep." "'So much has happened since yesterday." "'It's as if the whole world has suddenly turned upside down." "'When the door closes, the reality is that we'll have to stay here until the war's over.'" "Well done, Margot." "That sewing machine..." "Hasn't that just gone to the menders?" "There's that little table." "I wondered where that went." "You sit down there, darling." "They're arriving." "It's 8.30." "Now... ..we have to stay very quiet until 12.30." "What?" "Shhh." "What happens if we need to go to the lavatory?" "'Father's warehouse was on the ground floor, you see, 'underneath his office." "'The warehouse men who worked there don't know anything about us, 'so while they're down there during the working day, we'll have to keep quiet.'" "Margot." "'No looking out of the windows." "No walking around in shoes." "'No running the taps." "No loud voices." "'No flushing of the lavatory." "'I don't know how I'm going to bear it.'" "'We can relax during the lunch hour when the men leave, 'and after 5.30 when they go home." "'The only people who know we're here are the office staff." "'And they're risking their lives to look after us.'" "We're lucky." "We're really very lucky." "What'll happen to them if they get found out?" "Now, let's get these unpacked, and... ..make some lunch." "'I don't think I'll ever feel at home in this house, but that doesn't mean I'll hate it." "'Father's brought some books and says we can have some games." "'I've even got my collection of film stars.'" "Just like home." "What are you going to put on your side, Margot?" "Don't know." "I know it's difficult, Margot, my darling, but at least we haven't been separated." "So many families have." "At least we've got each other." "Cheer up, my love." "Pim, can you smell smoke?" "Edith!" "Mother!" "It's all right, Anna." "It's only a saucepan, my love." "Shhh..." "It's all right." "Sweetheart, will you go and finish your unpacking?" "Please..." "Please." "Good girl." "Darling... we're going to be all right." "We're going to be all right." "You stop this." "Stop it." "That's it." "Now, come on." "You must be strong for me." "You must be strong." "'I don't know what I feel yet." "'It's like being on holiday in some strange boarding house." "'It's a bit damp and lopsided, but it's probably the most comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam." "'No, in all of Holland." "'Daddy's right." "'We're very lucky." "'The first thing we have to do is sew some curtains so no-one can see us.'" "Slowly." "'Actually, you can hardly call them that since they're nothing but scraps of fabric.'" "Most artistic, isn't it?" "Perhaps we should sell it to an art gallery when the war's over." "Shhh!" "'We can't call a doctor, of course... 'for obvious reasons.'" "12.30." "It's all clear." "Have some more water." "Miep, how wonderful to see you." "Have you seen Hanneli?" "Has she asked after me?" "No." "I haven't seen her." "But you live opposite her." "Haven't you seen anyone from my school?" "Sssh, dear." "Did you get the medicine, Miep?" "He's collecting some more Russian books today." "Where's he getting them from?" "I didn't ask." "You have a very brave husband." "And a helpful greengrocer!" "I'll collect your shopping list at 8.30 each morning, and then try and come at lunchtimes." "Please do." "I can't thank you enough." "Watch out for your heads." "I had to lower the wall there to make the bookcase fit." "Nobody will believe there's anybody here." "Now our secret annexe is truly secret." "'We're making ourselves useful." "'Today's been fun." "We've stoned three crates of plums for Mr Kugler." "'He and Mr Kleiman are running Father's office until the war's over." "'They make pectin for jam and mix up spices for sausages." "'I've bagged the crates for our bedroom." "'But we won't be alone for long." "'Today, the Van Daans are joining us." "'Mr Van Daan works for my father." "'He's got a good nose for sniffing spices.'" "It'll be much more fun to have other people around." "I don't like the quiet." "It makes me nervous." "Oww!" "Welcome." "Are you all right?" "Bumped my head." "Phew!" "I'm quite out of puff." "What a lovely hat." "Oh, thank you, dear." "You know our son, Peter." "I've seen you at school." "What's that?" "This is Moortje." "But we agreed." "No animals." "It's not fair." "Why should HE be allowed a cat?" "I told you not to bring him." "You didn't let me bring Moortje." "He'll be very good." "I'll look after him." "The dear boy loves his pussycat, don't you, sweetheart?" "And besides, you'll thank us for it." "This place must be... crawling with mice." "'I don't expect Peter's company to amount to much, 'but I suppose I'll have to put up with him.'" "Careful on the stairs." "They're a little tricky." "Watch these steps, too." "This is Mother and Father's room." "And this is where Margot and I sleep." "This is Greta Garbo." "I love her movies, don't you?" "And that's Princess Elizabeth of England and that's Margaret Rose." "Are you interested in royal families, at all?" "This is the bathroom." "You have to be finished by 8.30 in the morning." "There's cold water in the sink, but when the workers have gone home, we can use the lavatory in father's office, downstairs." "And we can listen to the wireless there, too." "Come on!" "Please, help." "I am." "This is the living room for all of us, but your parents will sleep in it at night." "Mr Kleiman's made them a fold-up bed." "This is your room." "Isn't it cosy?" "Come on." "Come up here." "And this is my favourite place of all." "We can make more noise up here." "And we're allowed to open the windows so we can breathe the fresh air." "That's the Tower of the Westerkerk." "Mother hates the bells, but I love them." "They remind me of the outside." "I come up here when people get on my nerves." "Do your parents ever annoy you?" "Mine do, especially Mother." "Can I hold him?" "He's a bit shy." "(He's such a clot." "Sh!" "He's just shy.)" "Of all the boys around, we have to have HIM." "I think he's rather sweet." "Margot, you always think the best of everybody." "He's not used to girls and he's frightened." "We're ALL frightened." "They had a very narrow escape." "This last week has been terrible." "Yesterday, they rounded up 700 Jews." "Our friends, the Goslers, you remember them, they disappeared last night." "Please, let's talk about this later." "People think you've gone to Switzerland." "Your neighbour rang me, said you'd left in a hurry, so I went round and searched your place." "That's when I found the note you'd left." "What note?" "It had an address" "I told him to destroy it in case anyone found out." "Next day, everybody was telling me you'd fled to Switzerland!" "Did you see my cat?" "What cat?" "She'll be fine, dear." "Mrs Schmidt will be looking after her." "Is she all right?" "There is a war on, you know." "We've got more important things on our minds than cats." "So why did you bring yours, then?" "Edith, where's that bottle of cognac?" "Cognac?" "We kept it for your arrival." "'I was really looking forward to having the Van Daans join us." "'Now, I'm not so sure.'" "Welcome to the annexe, my friends." "We're very grateful to you, aren't we, Petronella?" "Oh, my dear." "She'll be all right." "'At the weekend, we get the run of the whole building." "'Today, Mother sent me downstairs to do everyone's laundry.'" "Anne." "'Then she gave me another one of her lectures.'" "Anna!" "'Take the opposite view on everything." "'Every day, I feel myself drifting further away from her." "'It's hard to believe that only a month ago it was my birthday." "We were so happy." "'Father says I should be nicer to her, 'but sometimes I want to slap her across the face.'" "You don't need all that stuff on your face." "It's not stuff, it's make-up." "It's costing us a fortune!" "Then we can't afford your cigarettes, but that doesn't..." "My cigarettes are not a luxury," "What do you want me to do?" "Walk down the street to the apartment and pick up the make-up?" "Who is it for?" "'It's only up here that I can feel free." "'Soon, there'll be conkers on the chestnut tree." "'Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say." "'And I'm terrified our hiding place'll be discovered and we'll be shot." "'That, of course, is a fairly dismal prospect." "'And it's not helped by the Van Daans' rows.'" "(What's it about this time?" "(Who cares?" "(It's always something trivial." "(I thought it was only children who fought." "(I just feel sorry for Peter." "(Must be awful having parents who quarrel." "(We're so lucky, aren't we?" "(Night night.)" "'But next morning it was all sweetness and light.'" "Ooh!" "'Last week, there was a brief interruption in our monotonous routine." "'This was provided by Peter and a book about women.'" "Those are our sheets, Mrs Van Daan." "I'm keeping ours for best." "I don't think that's quite fair." "What the hell's this?" "Oh, give it to me." "Filthy, filthy boy!" "Shhh..." "Filthy boy!" "Hermann!" "Hermann." "'There are bits in it about them selling their bodies on the street 'and asking for loads of money.'" "At least it's got him reading." "For God's sake, the boy's 15." "Exactly." "He's 16 next week." "Shhh." "There can't be." "It's Saturday." "(Would you let Margot read this?" "(Girls are more mature than boys." "(And we don't believe in too many restrictions... (Do we, Otto?" ")" "'Peter's so pathetic." "And Margot's a stinker, of course." "'A constant source of irritation, day and night." "'Thank goodness for you, Kitty." "'Paper has more patience than people.'" "Scribbling again?" "Can't I take a peek?" "No." "Not even the last page?" "No, Mrs Van Daan." "'I nearly died since that particular page contained a rather unflattering description of her.'" "Bathroom's free." "Thank you." "'Despite it all, we're learning to live together." "Peter's even put up a cushion to stop us banging our heads." "'This is Dutch Free Radio." "'We have some important news from our Royal Family in Canada." "'Prince Bernhard today announced that his wife, Princess Juliana, 'is expecting a baby in the New Year.'" "A baby." "Isn't that wonderful?" "Now can we listen to the BBC?" "I think it's great news." "'Perhaps he's not so bad, after all." "In fact, we have one thing in common." "'We love to dress up.'" "Ready?" "'Actually, since the Van Daans arrived, things have got a lot more fun.'" "Happy birthday, sweetie pie." "A razor!" "Thank you." "Oh, my little darling is growing into a big boy." "The girls had better watch out!" "My Zaniest Summer." "By Cissy Van Marxveldt." "My Zaniest Summer, eh?" "That's one way of putting it!" "Come on, everybody." "No, no." "Oh, Hermann!" "'I see the seven of us in the annexe as if we are a patch of blue sky 'surrounded by menacing black clouds.'" "'But the clouds are drawing in.'" "'The lavatory's blocked again." "'Father's trying to unjam it." "'He's fished out several pounds of excrement and strawberry recipes, 'which is what we've been using as toilet paper.'" "Eurgh!" "Is it fixed yet?" "'Everything's so embarrassing." "We all know each other's secrets." "'Margot's an idiot if she thinks no-one notices her little packages.'" "I'm afraid it's still blocked." "Ugh!" "What are you going to do with that?" "Burn it." "We've got to use these." "Oh, you must be joking." "It's all right for you, you've got a spout." "Erm..." "Edith, turn off the tap." "Miep says the plumber's arriving soon." "What, already?" "It's nearly half past eight." "What if he comes upstairs?" "Sh." "Peter!" "Shut up and put that down!" "Oh!" "You oaf!" "Sh!" "'The banging went on for hours.' Sh!" "'We kept on praying he could fix it from downstairs." "'Thank goodness he did." "'The lavatory's working again, 'but everyone's been in a foul mood all day." "'And they all gang up on me, it's been driving me crazy." "'Margot never takes my side, she never does anything wrong." "'Why did I have to have HER for a sister?" "'Only Father comes to my rescue." "Without him, I wouldn't be able to stick it out here.'" "No, thank you." "Oh, eat your cabbage, pet." "The potatoes are quite enough." "But cabbage is good for you, I'm sure your parents would agree." "Do eat it up, Anne." "I don't WANT to!" "Don't snap at your mother!" "I can do what I like." "Please, Father!" "She doesn't want it, Mrs Van Daan." "If you ask me, that child's spoilt." "That would NEVER happen in our house." "My dear boy was brought up to do as he was told, weren't you, sweetie?" "Now, if she were my daughter..." "But she's not." "And if you don't mind me saying, you're not eating yours either." "Excuse me, Mr Frank, but cabbage gives me wind." "Oh, you find that funny, do you?" "She's such a twit." "Anne!" "She gets on your nerves too, you just don't say so." "She doesn't want to be here any more than we do." "Stop being reasonable." "And as for Peter, Mummy's little treasure," "I've never known such a geek." "What are you doing?" "It's all those beans." "What do you think RSVP means?" "Danger." "It means please reply, idiot." "'Geography, French, horrible Maths.'" "Sh!" "Hermann." "'You've no idea what agony it is, sitting still for four hours." "when we go back to school.'" "I've learnt two new words today," ""courtesan" and "brothel"." "Stop playing with that silly cat, sweetie." "I've rubbed out the crossword so you can do it now." "All clear." "I'm bursting." "Fetch the bread, Son." "He's doing the crossword." "He hasn't got very far, has he?" "'That's one of Peter's jobs." "'Every day the baker delivers five loaves of bread and leaves them downstairs." "'It doesn't look suspicious because people think they're for the staff.'" "Mr Frank, can I ask you a favour?" "Of course." "Would you give Peter lessons, too?" "How about asking me first?" "Putti!" "What do you think you're going to teach him?" "Please, Mr Frank, he's already behind at school." "You're so clever." "Unlike some people I could mention." "Do I have your permission, Mr Van Daan?" "Go ahead." "It will do him good." "Then if the girls agree, I'd be delighted." "Oh!" "..Thank you, Mr Frank!" "Oh!" "You're the dearest man in the world!" "Stop it!" "How would you like it if my mother started flirting with your husband?" "Anna!" "Margot!" "'Thank heavens for Miep.'" "'Every day she brings us our groceries 'and news of the outside world.'" "Have you got my shampoo?" "I'm afraid there wasn't any in the shops." "W-What am I going to wash my hair with?" "Soap?" "I'll search again tomorrow." "She's doing her best." "Have you been past my school?" "Did you see any of my friends?" "Couldn't you go in there and ask?" "Anna, she hasn't any time." "They're rounding up more Jews." "They've raised the reward to 25 guilders." "Bep's boyfriend is being sent to fight in Germany." "Poor Bep." "They've raided the Van Daans' apartment and taken away all their belongings." "Oh, no!" "Girls, don't tell them." "It makes me ashamed to be German." "We're no longer German." "Hitler took that away from us long ago." "Please stay with us, Miep, you promised." "You and Jan can have our room downstairs." "Don't pester her, dear." "We get so frightened in the dark." "I want you to be here, with us." "I'm going to get MY period soon, I can tell." "I keep finding a white smear in my panties." "Anne!" "What does it feel like?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Please." "Ask Mother." "Mother?" "I wish you were nicer to her." "I am nice to her!" "WATER RUNS" "But she always takes it the wrong way and snaps at me." "Do you know what she said the other day?" "That I was always looking on the bright side." "Since when was that a fault?" "But you always snap at HER." "But she doesn't understand me." "Nor do you." "I WISH my friends were here!" "You're not the only one." "Do you think I want to be cooped up here?" "Do you think I don't miss my friends?" "You're not so special." "You just make more noise about it." "Oh, everybody loves YOU." "I'm not even pretty." "Do you think I'm pretty?" "You're OK, I suppose." "You mean I'm ugly." "You've got nice eyes." "Is that all?" "Boys seem to like you." "That's true." "But what good's that going to do me here?" "'I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed while out there, 'my dearest friends are at the mercy of the cruellest monsters 'who ever stalked the earth.'" "Anne!" "Anne!" "Pim." "Can I get in?" "Come to me, darling." "I want Pim." "Can I get in?" "Come on, then." "Put that out!" "Otto." "No lights." "It's all right for you!" "You've been in the trenches!" "We have to have rules." "To hell with the rules!" "Please, Daddy!" "All right, darling." "All right." "'Today it's Saturday, and the warehousemen aren't around 'so we can get up late, and have our baths." "'We can go anywhere in the house, but I like to use our toilet.'" "'Mr Van Daan takes his bath in Peter's room, 'while Mrs Van Daan has yet to take a bath." "'She's waiting to see which is the best place." "'Mother washes in the living room, behind a screen, 'while Father takes his bath in the office downstairs." "'I wish they'd all hurry up.'" "Please stay up here for the next half an hour." "Please stay up here for the next half an hour." "I've got it." "I've got it." "It's not heavy." "Right, right." "Ah, Dad, the water!" "Useless boy!" "'Peter baths downstairs in the radio room, you see, 'and he's terrified that someone's going to walk in on him.' I've got it." "'His precautions are rather pathetic, aren't they?" "' DOOR CREAKS" "Aw!" "Mother!" "'And Margot baths in the front office, 'where she makes ME stand guard.'" "Oh, do hurry up." "You took long enough." "Anne!" "They'll see you!" "We're allowed to peek through." "Father said so." "It's funny to see all those people." "I used to throw water at them." "You didn't!" "They used to jump up to see where it came from." "Now they're looking up for bombs." "'And yet life is carrying on." "'That's the strange thing." "'There's a family living in the barge - they've got the sweetest dog." "'Once I even saw a Jewish couple, walking along the street." "'I felt I was gazing at one of the Seven Wonders Of The World." "'It gave me such a funny feeling, 'as if I'd denounced them to the authorities.'" "Can you pass me the towel?" "What time are they coming?" "Seven o'clock." "I can't wait!" "Miep, Jan!" "Hello." "Let me show you to your room!" "This is your room." "We've tidied it up." "Do you like the flowers?" "Mr Kleiman bought them for me." "Beautiful." "And these are your famous movie stars?" "Do you know them?" "That's Ginger Rogers, isn't she gorgeous?" "When I grow up I want to be a dancer, or a champion skater, I can't decide which." "Where are you going to sleep?" "Next door with Mother and Father." "Oh, it's so lovely that you're going to be here!" "Just...just knowing you're here..." "it's so lovely." "We're honoured, Annelies." "Oh!" "I typed up the menu for tonight's dinner." ""Bouillon a la Hunzenstraat", because that's where you live." "It's beef in a special sauce, but there's not much of it because our butter ration ran out." "But there's lots of beans." "You cooked this, Mrs Van Daan?" "Hm." "Beans, beans, cabbage and beans." "SHE CHUCKLES" "But what can you do?" "It's delicious." "I don't know how you manage." "My wife's a gourmet cook, why do you think I married her?" "Oh, really, Putti?" "I thought it was for something else." "I DO miss my coffee machine though." "And we'll be needing some winter clothes soon." "Would you be an angel, dearest Miep, and fetch us some from the apartment?" "I'll give you a list." "What's the matter?" "Erm..." "Time for a toast." "Yes." "To our brave helpers, our friends... ..and our lifeline, Jan and Miep Gies." "Jan and Miep!" "Now, tell us the latest news." "Oh, no, no, please - not tonight." "We're just so happy you're here." "She's right, Otto." "I'll be paying for these beans tomorrow." "'We've been here for three months now and it's getting cold." "'Mother and Mrs Van Daan are at loggerheads again." "'Thank goodness for Father." "He's above all the petty squabbles.'" "Do you remember when I was always at the office, always busy?" "Now I have all the time in the world just to be with you." "And I don't have to do any more horrible piano practice or go to the dentist." "You see?" "There are so many good things about being here." "How do I do this?" "I haven't got a clue." "Ask my genius of a sister." "I'm busy at the moment." "When you've finished, I thought we could translate this together." "But it's a prayer book." "What's wrong with that?" "It's just I'm not that interested in religion." "We never really went to synagogue or anything." "We did sometimes." "Only when you made us." "Anyway, why should I worship God?" "What's He ever done for us?" "Anna, Anna...you can't..." "What's that?" "Miep gave it to me." "Anna?" "I've finished." "Look at that hat!" "Hm." "I had one like that, but mine had a little veil." ""Mrs Kroler was resplendent in a shot green taffeta gown, trimmed with satin."" "You should have seen me in my first ball gown." "Midnight blue, shot silk, slashed to here." "I was an early developer." "You can say that again." "Did you have a lot of boyfriends?" "(Anne!" ")" "Bees round a honey pot." "Tell me about your first one." "Well, he was in my class at school." "His name was Willem Mesler," "I was just 16." "The same age as you, pet." "He gave me my first kiss." "What was it like?" "Mother, don't!" "What was it like?" "It was..." "It was like..." "What's that?" "Oh, my God!" "What is it?" "It's footsteps." "Sh." "They've got into the attic." "They must have climbed through the roof." "Do something, Hermann." "Me?" "Go up and have a look." "Get off your fat bottom for a change!" "I'll go." "No, Otto." "I'll go." "No, you can't, my sweetheart." "You going to let our boy go up there and be killed by Nazis?" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "No, no...please..." "Otto." "It's rats." "Great big ones!" "Ow!" "Oh, my darling!" "Mother." "You're so brave." "You're SO brave!" "Useless bloody cat!" "He's not." "I told you we should have left it at home." "Eating up all our meat." "One of them bit me." "Oh, darling!" "Oh, darling!" "Oh, sweetie pie." "Thank you, dear." "Thank you." "'We've just come out of one of the most concentrated...'" "'I was shaking all day, and that evening in the radio room, there was a terrible atmosphere, 'and then Mr Kugler and Mr Kleiman walked in.'" "Excuse me." "My dear friends, today we have news of our own." "We all know the dreadful things that are happening outside." "I wonder if you'd consider another person joining us." "Who?" "Mr Albert Dussel." "I know him!" "He's that dentist." "He's very respectable." "He's at Miep's apartment, waiting for your decision." "But why him?" "You wouldn't let my cousins come." "Mr Dussel's a single man." "We only have room for one." "One more mouth to feed." "We could all eat a bit less." "Speak for yourself." "Oh, don't be such a greedy guts." "He's not going to smoke all your precious cigarettes, is he?" "Well?" "Yes, yes." "Thank you, dear friends." "You said we didn't have to go to the dentist." "You're not." "He's coming to you." "'Mr Dussel arrived at the office and when Miep brought him upstairs 'and told him we were behind the bookcase, he was so astonished he nearly fainted." "'Thank goodness she didn't leave him in suspense any longer.'" "What are you doing here?" "I thought you were in Switzerland." "Please, sit." "Smoke?" "Er, no." "Thank you." "The Weismanns swore they saw you being taken away in a truck." "And Mr Niklaus said you'd gone into hiding in the country." "What's happened to Ilse?" "Who?" "Darling, let him get his breath." "Ilse Wagner." "She lives in your building." "The parents were taken away." "I don't know what happened to the children." "No." "Hermann Van Daan." "You know my wife, Petronella, and this is my son, Peter." "Peter." "Would you care for a cup of coffee, Mr Dussel?" "It's ersatz, I'm afraid, and we have to make it in a jug." "I'm still waiting for my coffee machine." "You can have some of OUR sugar." "What's happening?" "Please tell us." "6,000 Jews have gone." "They've even started to take them out of the lunatic asylums." "There's talk of mass sterilisation." "Please." "Let's speak later." "You never told us." "I've got to go." "Now...we have to keep quiet until lunchtime." "I'm so very grateful." "Sh." "I've finished it." "Why does he have to sleep here?" "He has nowhere else to go." "But why with me?" "They said it would be unsuitable for me to share a room with a grown man." "And I don't matter, I suppose." "They don't mean that." "I'm just a child." "They did ask if you minded." "What was I supposed to say?" "Anne, I'd much rather be here with you." "This is my bed?" "You've got the long one." "We had to prop up my mattress with a chair." "I hope you'll find me a pleasant companion." "Many of my patients are children, I get on very well with them." "I'm not a child, actually." "I'm 13." "You can put your things...in here." "'I'm not exactly delighted at having a stranger use my things, but you have to make sacrifices 'for a good cause and I'm glad I can make this small one.'" "Who's that?" "My fiancee, Lotte." "'But he's ancient.' Can I have a look?" "What lovely blonde hair." "I like the flick-ups." "She looks much younger than you." "Yes." "Yes." "She'll be horrified when she finds I've gone." "She has no idea where, you see..." "Well, of course, nor did I." "We've been gone for four months now." "I don't know what my friends are thinking, I don't know if they're still there." "But we keep cheerful." "We have to stay cheerful." "More potatoes, Mrs Frank?" "Thank you." "More potatoes, Mr Dussel?" "Cabbage, Anne?" "No, thank you." "Mr Dussel, would you like some more cabbage?" "No, thank you." "That was quite sufficient." ""Prospectus for the Secret Annexe." ""A unique facility for the accommodation of Jews and other displaced persons." ""Open all year round." "No charge." "Low-fat diet." ""Running water in the bathroom and various inside and outside walls." "(She hasn't finished yet.)" ""It is forbidden to listen to German news bulletins," ""as only the language of civilised people may be used." Hear, hear!" ""No leisure activities allowed outside the house until further notice," ""though callisthenics are encouraged by management and singing is allowed after 6.00pm. The end." "Yours, Anne."" "Goodnight, Annelies." "Goodnight, Mr Dussel."