The Diary of a Young Girl: June 12, 1942–September 29, 1942

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. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
    After the pogroms in 1938 my two uncles (my mother’s brothers) fled Germany, finding safe refuge in North America.
  2. capitulation
    the act of surrendering, usually under agreed conditions
    After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.
  3. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
    You’re probably a little surprised to hear me talking about admirers at such a tender age. Unfortunately, or not, as the case may be, this vice seems to be rampant at our school.
  4. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
    The class roared. I had to laugh too, though I'd nearly exhausted my ingenuity on the topic of chatterboxes.
  5. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
    The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn’t offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.
  6. annex
    an addition that extends a main building
    The door to the right of the landing leads to the “Secret Annex” at the back of the house.
  7. sentimentality
    extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
    In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.
  8. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
    Mrs. van Daan wanted to save a piece of bread for her darling son, but Mr. van D. was adamant. “If he doesn’t apologize this minute, he’ll have to sleep in the loft.”
  9. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    I’m continually being scolded for my incessant chatter when I’m upstairs.
  10. surreptitiously
    in a secretive manner
    Listen to the scheme they’ve come up with to get a message to Mr. Broks, an Opekta Co. sales representative and friend who’s surreptitiously hidden some of our things for us!
  11. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
    This way Mr. Broks can read the letter without suspecting a ruse.
  12. admonition
    a firm rebuke
    More than once the air has been filled with the van Daans’ admonitions and my saucy replies.
  13. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
    Father then replied, “I think Anne is very well brought up. At least she’s learned not to respond to your interminable sermons. As far as the vegetables are concerned, all I have to say is look who’s calling the kettle black.”
  14. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
    Somehow we landed on the subject of Pim's extreme diffidence.
  15. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
    I wasn’t doing it on purpose, but I’d followed her tirade so intently that my reaction was completely involuntary.
Created on Wed Jun 27 15:07:49 EDT 2018 (updated Thu Jun 19 16:16:53 EDT 2025)

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