The Diary of a Young Girl: May 1, 1943–December 29, 1943

by Anne Frank
While in hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne Frank kept a diary of her experiences. Published after Anne's death in a Nazi concentration camp, the diary remains a powerful testament to the everyday horrors of the Holocaust.

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June 12, 1942–September 29, 1942
October 1, 1942–April 27, 1943
May 1, 1943–December 29, 1943
January 2, 1944–April 6, 1944
April 11, 1944–August 1, 1944
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  1. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
    Faultfinding comes easy when this is our plight,
    But it’s hard for your parents, try as they might,
    To treat you with fairness, and kindness as well;
    Nitpicking’s a habit that’s hard to dispel.
  2. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    What’s a clandestine radio when there are already clandestine Jews and clandestine money?
  3. hypocrisy
    an expression of agreement not supported by real conviction
    But I can see that a little hypocrisy gets me a lot further than my old method of saying exactly what I think (even though no one ever asks my opinion or cares one way or another).
  4. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
    I was incensed and wasn’t about to let myself be put off like that.
  5. deluge
    an overwhelming number or amount
    He went on and on until there was such a deluge of words I could hardly keep up.
  6. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
    Yesterday was a very tumultuous day, and we’re still all wound up.
  7. perpetually
    without interruption
    She’s known to be exceedingly pushy, egotistical, cunning, calculating and perpetually dissatisfied.
  8. salve
    a preparation applied externally as a soothing remedy
    What with the salve, the gauze and the tape, I can’t get my heavenly new shoe on my foot.
  9. leaden
    lacking lightness or liveliness
    My nerves often get the better of me, especially on Sundays; that’s when I really feel miserable. The atmosphere is stifling, sluggish, leaden.
  10. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
    Outside, you don’t hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld.
  11. bode
    indicate by signs
    Mother’s nerves are very much on edge, and that doesn’t bode well for me.
  12. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
    In the meantime, we’ve been cut off by the dark mass of clouds, so that we can go neither up nor down. It looms before us like an impenetrable wall, trying to crush us, but not yet able to. I can only cry out and implore, “Oh, ring, ring, open wide and let us out!”
  13. deliberation
    careful consideration
    After long deliberation, I finally came up with an idea, something funny. I consulted Pim, and a week ago we set to work writing a verse for each person.
  14. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
    The war is at an impasse, spirits are low.
  15. inkling
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
    I think Pim told me because he, who knows the “intimate secrets” of so many others, needed to express his own feelings for once; Pim never talks about himself, and I don’t think Margot has any inkling of what he’s been through.
Created on Wed Jun 27 15:44:29 EDT 2018 (updated Thu Jun 19 16:58:15 EDT 2025)

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