is so old and worn, ever hope to regain the position we had before the war?
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1943
The Attitude of the Annex Residents Toward the War
Mr. van Daan. In the opinion of us all, this revered gentleman has great insight into politics.
Nevertheless, he predicts we'll have to stay here until the end of '43. That's a very long time, and yet it's possible to hold out until then.
But who can assure us that this war, which has caused nothing but pain and sorrow, will then be over?
And that nothing will have happened to us and our helpers long before that time? No one! That's why each and every day is filled with tension.
Expectation and hope generate tension, as does fear -- for example, when we hear a noise inside or outside the house,
when the guns go off or when we read new “proclamations” in the paper, since we're afraid our helpers might be forced to go into hiding themselves.
These days everyone is talking about having to hide. We don't know how many people are actually in hiding;
of course, the number is relatively small compared to the general population,
but later on we'll no doubt be astonished at how many good people in Holland
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