On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank's parents gives her a diary. She is excited to have a friend to confide all of her secret thoughts, since she felt isolated and misunderstood sometimes. She writes about her crush, her schoolwork, and her friends, just as an ordinary girl does. But within a month, everything changes. Hitler starts to conquer Holland brought anti-Jewish measures there. Jews are forced to wear yellow stars for identification, and are forced to only go to Jewish services, as Anne states, "Our freedom was strictly limited".
Anne's family decides to hide somewhere safer, and enters the "Secret Annexe" with Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan as companions. They feal very safe compared to others, and hears some miseries such as Jewish friends being hauled away by the dozens. Anne tries to distract herself from all the sorrows by studying French and math, but that method barely workd.
One day, a carpenter comes to fill the fire extinguishers, and hammers on the Secret Annexe. The members go white when the carpenter knocks the door and start pushing it, but then hear Mr. Koophius' voice, who is one of their protectors.
Albert Dussel, a doctor, joins the Secret Annexe members and starts living together. Everyone thought he was a nice person, but Anne finds him "a stodgy old-fashioned disciplinarian".
The bombing goes on, and it seems to Anne that she will never get used to the loud noises.
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