Anne Frank Remembered Page #4

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...seemed to act as a constant reminder|of the world they had left behind them.

Before long, the entrance|to the hiding place was disguised...

...as a bookcase.

But in every respect, what lay|behind those innocuous files...

...was untypical of the shelter|provided to other Jews.

It was relatively spacious,|within a city.

There were people outside dedicated|to helping and protecting them.

Most families were torn apart...

...but here, all four of the Franks|could stay together.

A week later, they were joined|by their friends the van Pelses.

Miep Gies visited each day.

When I came here from this door...

...in the middle was standing|the table with the chairs.

All the people, seven people...

...were standing in the line here.

Did not say any word.

Did not say any word...

...but waited for me to begin.

It was always an awful moment|for me...

...because I felt the dependence...

...from these people|of us, the helpers.

Except Anne. Anne was in the front.

She asked, "Hello, Miep,|what is the news?"

In those early months,|Anne was desperately lonely...

...and always hoping|for news of her friends.

She even invented a correspondence|with one of them.

"September 25, 1942.

Dear Jacqueline:

I'm writing this letter|in order to bid you goodbye.

I can't write to everyone, and|that's why I'm just writing to you.

I'd be grateful if you'd|be really nice...

...and keep up a secret|correspondence with me.

All inquiries to Mrs. Gies.

I hope we'll meet again soon...

...but it probably won't be|before the end of the war.

Well, then, Jackie,|I hope things go well with you...

...and that I hear from you soon.

Your best friend, Anne.

P.S.:

I hope that we'll always stay|best friends until we meet again.

Bye. "

I think that she|wrote it immediately...

...after she went into hiding.

And afterwards, at that moment|in September, she wrote it down.

She invented in that|my answer to her.

And then she wrote a second letter...

...in answer to this invented letter.

And she must have been very lonely|that she invented these letters.

Anne also wrote a long fantasy in which|she imagined living with her cousin...

...in the safety of Switzerland.

When I think that when Anne wrote|about Switzerland and about me...

Bernd Elias

...it must have been a painful|thought to her...

...to realize that she was|like a bird in a cage...

...and we, over here in Switzerland...

...were free to do|anything we wanted to do.

And all her dreams...

...were caged in.

And we, the boys, her cousins...

...could fulfill everything|she was dreaming of.

It must have been a very,|very hard thing for her.

In the diary, she even designs|a skating dress...

-...so she can be your skating partner.|-Yes.

Yes, when I saw that the first time...

...it really overwhelmed me.

It made me cry, to be very honest.

Especially then that I knew she|was not alive anymore when I saw it.

I would have loved to go|skating with her.

Anne also addressed her diary entries|to a circle of imaginary friends...

...all characters from a well-known|series of books for adolescent girls.

Eventually, she settled|on one friend, Kitty...

...as her diary correspondent.

Anne was always a very curious child.

When I was upstairs and went away...

...she'd always wait till the last|to speak with me.

And then she had me.

And she asked everything|what happened outside.

And I told her the truth.

The terrible truth.

"November 19, 1942.

Dearest Kitty:

Countless friends and acquaintances|have been taken off to a dreadful fate.

Night after night, green|and gray military vehicles...

...cruise the streets.

In the evenings, when it's dark...

...I often see long lines|of good, innocent people...

...accompanied by crying children,|walking on and on.

No one is spared.

The sick, the elderly, children...

...babies and pregnant women|all are marched to their death.

I get frightened when I think of close|friends who are now at the mercy...

...of the cruelest monsters|to stalk the earth.

And all because they're Jews. "

Bloeme Evers-Emden|Margot's classmate

At the beginning of the class of '41,|we had about 50 children.

The deportations began in July '42.

And then from 50 children...

...all the time, children disappeared.

When you came in your class,|you said:

"That child's missing|and that one and that one."

You did hope they were ill.

But you knew that they were round up...

...or maybe they were hidden.

At the end of the school year...

...in April '43...

...there were three children left...

...two boys and l.

And we did our final examination...

...together.

The second part of the final|examination, I was alone.

It was very sad.

Very difficult.

From 50 children, one remained|at the end of the year?

While the roundups of their friends|continued outside...

...in their hiding place,|Anne and the others...

...tried to establish|a kind of normality.

"Dear Kitty:

Up to now, our bedroom with|its blank walls was very bare.

Thanks to Father,|who brought my entire...

...post card and movie star|collection here beforehand...

...and to a brush and a pot of glue...

...I was able to plaster|the walls with pictures. "

We were both collecting pictures...

...from the children of the queen.

Here you see Elizabeth,|today Queen Elizabeth...

...and her sister Margaret.

And I also was collecting,|and we would change together.

We had from Belgium....

From all the queens in the world,|we would change pictures.

I liked it very much. Anne was|also collecting from film stars.

This I wasn't interested in at all.

I only remember she had|Deanna Durbin. This one.

This is the only one I remember|from then. I never saw a film.

I don't remember if Anne saw films.

We went to see Shirley Temple films.

And here in Amsterdam,|we had a cinema, Cineac.

There you could see one hour|a little film and news.

And then it started.|Over there, we would go very often.

Four months after going into hiding,|an 8th person joined the annex...

...a 54-year-old German dentist,|Fritz Pfeffer.

Margot slept on a folding bed|with her parents.

And Anne had to share her room|with the newcomer.

Look, Mr. Pfeffer was my dentist.

And Mr. Pfeffer asked me always:

"Miep, do you have a place for me?"

Then I went next day...

...in the hiding place and tell it|to Mr. Frank and the other peoples.

They listened to me.

Next day, Mr. Frank said:

"Miep, where seven people can eat...

...can eight also eat."

Pfeffer moved|into Anne's bedroom...

...complete with his drill|and dental implements.

While no one would now|lack treatment of their cavities...

...relations between|the 54-year-old disciplinarian...

...and the free spirit|in her early teens...

...were inevitably stormy.

On this corner...

...it was the desk...

...for Anne...

...and Pfeffer.

There this....

This gave sometimes|troubles with Anne.

Anne was standing on her rights.

From so till so is her time.

But I believe Mr. Pfeffer...

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