Topic > Anne Frank and Hello Silberberg - 1078

This first chapter of her diary contains diary entries between 14 June 1942 and 30 June 1942. Anne begins her diary with the hope of being able to reveal everything and anything to him, since he has never been able to truly confide in anyone. In the first chapter Anne says that June 12 was her thirteenth birthday and she received this diary for her birthday. Anne then talks about being born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929 and how in 1933 her family moved to Holland because they were Jewish. Then he tells us that his family lives a somewhat anxious life because his family still lived in Germany, but then his grandmother came to Holland with them and his two uncles fled to North America. He says that after 1940 the Nazis occupied Holland and enacted restrictive laws that forced Jews to wear yellow stars to identify themselves. The Germans also enacted laws forcing Jews to return bicycles and to shop only during certain hours. Jews were also forbidden to travel on streetcars, attend most schools, visit Christian homes, and go out at night. In this chapter Anne also starts talking about her “Kitty” diary. Anne also says in her diary that a boy named Hello Silberberg approached her one day and now they are starting to see each other more often. The second chapter of her diary contains diary entries between 3 July 1942 and 10 July 1942. In this chapter Anne tells her diary that she has seen Hello several times. He says Hello's parents live in Belgium, but there is no way for him to travel there, so he lives in Amsterdam with his grandparents. In this chapter Hello tells Anne that her grandmother did not approve of her association with such a young girl. He also says he prefers... the medium of paper... rather than people off the hook. Anne is furious because the entire annex constantly yells at her, telling her she's "infuriating", and says she wishes she had a personality that didn't exasperate everyone. Anne writes that she climbed into her father's bed one night after being startled by the sound of gunshots. The attached residences become frightened when they think they hear thieves in the building. Anne writes that after this incident the clock suddenly stops ringing, which upsets Anne. Later, while listening to the radio, the residents hear the announcement that all Jews are to be deported from Utrecht and other provinces of the Netherlands by the beginning of July. At the end of the chapter Anne celebrates her fourteenth birthday. For her birthday her father writes her a poem and Margot translates it from German into Dutch.