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| What Anne Frank's real diary looked like! |
Lillie has been reading The Diary of Anne Frank and has used it to write this wonderful series of diary entries from the point of view of Edith Frank, Anne's mother:
The Diary of Edith:
May 10th 1940:
Dear diary,
I’ve been writing my diary for a while now. But now my life is turning upside down. I woke to a dreadful sound, it was a frightening thunderous noise, I looked out the window to see hundreds of aeroplanes flying past my house. To be exact Luftwaffe bombers. I turned on the radio and the news was everywhere, Rotterdam had been attacked; this is a complete surprise! The Nazis had invaded the Netherlands. It’s been seven years since we fled Germany, I know I’ve told you hundreds of times that I am a Jew but when I look out the window I still remember helpless Jews being beaten by the Nazis. I am very worried for me and my family that the Nazis are coming to Amsterdam to beat me, Otto and our daughters Margot and Anne.
May 11th 1940:
Dear diary,
We’ve all been glued to our radio, the news is getting worse our navy and air force are slowly being defeated and the Nazis are advancing. Paratroopers took an airfield and a bridge. If you are wondering why I am so worried about the bridge, it is that the tanks can now come over from Germany. We are all praying for this terrible war to be over soon.
May 14th 1940:
Dear diary,
Thirty thousand people have been killed in Rotterdam when bombers smashed the city, we could be next! The government in Utrecht is saying they surrender; it seems the war is over, but how terrible, we have lost to the nasty Nazis.
May 16th 1940:
Dear diary,
The Nazis enter Amsterdam. Our neighbour Jacob said some people were cheering when they entered the city in their tanks, but then they are not Jews and have not fled them before like us. Otto is very scared and has been making a secret annex on the top floor for us to hide in at his work, I think we will flee there soon.
June 10th 1942:
Dear diary,
Oh I’m so sorry that I’ve stranded you for a whole two years. My worries are going backwards and forwards, I’m not sure if I should be happy for my daughter, Anne, because her birthday is in two days, or be worried because Margot might be going to Germany to work in a factory. I hope Anne likes the Diary I got her. I wonder, I know it may sound weird, but I’ve got this feeling that my brave daughter Anne Frank’s diary may be famous, I just hope we all survive this terrible war...
By Lillie.
At the moment my heart is racing. I would not like to be Anne or Edith. I don't know if you know what is going to happen next tell me but it's really sad very, very sad. Do you think you could write a book review. It would be really good if they made a movie of it. (Would it be a 12?) Who do you think would play the role of Anne: maybe Ariel Waller and would it be a massive hit...
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