Anne Frank Remembered Page #3

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...as I have never been|able to confide in anyone.

And I hope you will be a great source|of comfort and support. "

Her early diary jottings were typical|of a 13-year-old:

Gossip about school friends, jokes...

...and a record of her|unextraordinary daily life...

...together with photos|and other scraps.

In the years that followed, she also|shared her most intimate secrets...

...including her increasing interest in|the development of her body and in sex.

What interested Anne very much|was sexual behavior...

...and she wanted to know|what it was all about.

Jacqueline "Jopie" van Maarsen

And she asked her father about it.|I knew much more than she did...

...because I had my sister,|who told me everything.

So I thought, "Well, I'm not going|to enlighten you altogether.

You just ask your father."

At the time, Anne's body|was not changing yet.

And I think that she was curious...

...because she had some little....

She used a bra from Margot|with cotton wool in it...

...to show a bit of breast.

And I did not need|that kind of thing...

...and she was interested|to see exactly....

While Anne was innocently|absorbed with her developing body...

...Otto Frank was mindful that|if the Nazi measures against Jews...

...continued to their|inevitable conclusion...

...he and his family would need to take|precautions to protect themselves.

For a year, he had been secretly|preparing a hiding place for them all...

...together with his German business|associate Hermann van Pels...

...van Pels' wife, Auguste,|and son, Peter.

It was to be in several rooms behind|the company offices on Prinsengracht...

...in central Amsterdam.

Laboriously, and unknown to all|but the innermost circle...

... Otto accumulated furniture,|cooking implements...

...bedding and clothes.

At the Frank home, two and a half|miles away in Merwedeplein...

...Sunday, the 5th of July, 1942, was|the day that everyone had dreaded...

...had hoped against hope|would never come.

That Sunday, the Germans delivered...

...this innocuous document|by registered mail...

...to several thousand Jews, the|majority of them of German extraction...

...aged between 15 and 40.

They were to report within 9 days|to be transported to a labor camp...

...in Germany.

Margot Frank was one of them...

...throwing her family,|like so many, into crisis.

The agonies at that moment were|when you had some youngsters saying:

"Labor won't floor me. I'm strong.|I can do whatever's asked of me.

I'm going and that's it."

And the parents would say, "No, stay.|It's going to be the end of your life."

So you saw the family in tension.

Then you had other families|where a youngster would say:

"l don't want to go. I'm scared. What|will happen?" The parents would say:

"You must go. Remember, grandmother|lives with us and the baby.

If you don't go, we'll be punished."|And you saw the families really...

...torn asunder by these events.

And that was terrible.

Nine years after fleeing Germany,|the Franks were on the run again.

By 7:
30 on Monday,|the 6th of July, 1942...

...the whole family had disappeared...

...Ieaving behind|an elaborate false trail...

...indicating they|had fled to Switzerland.

We came here...

...and the kitchen was not....

The kitchen was just left|like it was...

...with everything dirty in the sink.

I went into her room,|and I saw her bed not made.

And the shoes that she loved, she'd|just received them for the summer...

...were near the bed.

I came here, you see.

I went up, and I am ringing|and ringing and ringing...

...and nobody opens.

And at the end somebody opened.|It was a tenant. Mr. Goudschmidt.

He had the room at the roof|in the Frank apartment.

He looked at me as if|he'd never seen me before.

And I didn't know what happened.

He said, "What do you want?"

"l come to play as usual." And he said:

"Yes, but don't you know? The Frank|family left for Switzerland."

Miep Gies had been given the|responsibility of getting Margot...

...who was now in flight from|the Germans, to the hiding place.

I took Margot by bicycle.

Monday morning, very raining.

And that was good for us|because the German...

...came not on street.

And I came with her|to the Prinsengracht 263...

...go up with her.

She was very....

-Upset?|-Yes. She was very upset.

I saw it.

And when I was standing with her|in front of the hiding place...

...I was afraid that she would...

...fall down.

And what could I do with her?

I opened the door and put her in.

Despite Otto's carefully laid plans...

...on their first day there,|the family was surrounded by chaos.

When I come there, it was terrible.

Nothing was okay.

And Mrs. Frank and Margot were|sitting down on the bed.

They could not do anything.

There was....

They couldn't accept this situation.

But Anne and Mr. Frank were busy,|very busy.

I ask Mrs. Frank,|"Can I do something for you?"

"No," said Mrs. Frank.

"For today, I have all the things."

And then I went down.

But the next day, when I came,|all was okay.

-So Anne and Mr. Frank--?|-Were busy the whole day.

Was this typical of the family?

Yes. That was typical for the family.

Now the family was dependent|on Otto Frank's four employees...

...who had volunteered|to help them survive.

Johannes Kleiman and Viktor Kugler|supplied Anne and Margot...

...with school books|and other reading matter...

...at the same time, ensuring the Opekta|Company continued to function...

...even producing record profits that|could be used to keep everyone alive.

Miep Gies and her assistant,|the 23-year-old typist, Bep Voskuijl...

...had the dangerous task of supplying|the residents of the annex with food...

...purchased on the black market|or with forged or stolen ration books.

In one of her first diary entries|in hiding...

...Anne described her new home|to her imaginary friend:

"Thursday, July 9, 1942.

Dear Kitty:

Our secret annex is|at the back of the building.

There's just one small step in front|of the door, and then you're inside.

Straight ahead of you|is a steep flight of stairs.

To the left is a narrow hallway|opening onto a room...

...that serves as the Frank|family's living room and bedroom.

Next door is a smaller room:

The bedroom and study of the two|young ladies of the family.

To the right of the stairs is|a windowless washroom with a sink.

The door in the corner|leads to the toilet...

...and another one|to Margot's and my room.

If you go up the stairs|and open the door at the top...

...you're surprised to see such|a light and spacious room...

...in an old canal house|like this.

It contains a stove and a sink.

This will be the kitchen and bedroom|for Mr. and Mrs. van Pels...

...as well as the general living room,|dining room and study for us all.

A tiny side room is to be|Peter van Pels' bedroom.

Then just as in the front part|of the building...

...there's an attic and a loft. "

As they settled into their confinement,|the chimes of the Westerkerk clock...

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