April 11 to May 8, 1944, The Diary of Anne Frank Summary | Class 10 Novels PDF Download

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1944 

• Somebody tries to break into the office again and the men go downstairs to investigate. Stupidly, Mr. van Daan yells "police" trying to scare them away.
• A plank to the door of their secret hiding place gets busted by the intruder.
• Then a married couple comes along and shines a light inside and the men are turned from police to burglars.
• The men come upstairs to wait, assuming that the married couple will call the police.
• Finally they call Mr. Kleiman. Jan and Miep show up to fix the broken plank.
• Changes are made in everybody’s behavior. They can’t open any windows anymore or flush the toilet after 9:30pm.
• Everyone is concerned about whether the neighbors can be trusted.
• Mr. Kugler is mad that the men went downstairs at all, reminding them that they are Jews and their lives are at stake.
• Anne is more scared of death now. The burglary is a dose of reality and she’s hoping very much that she’ll live through the war.

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1944 

• Everybody is strained and tense. But in Anne’s work, hope, love, and courage keep her going.

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1944 

• Peter forget to unbolt the door at night so Mr. Kugler and the workers can’t get in the next morning. Mr. Kugler is furious as he has to go around to the back and force open the kitchen window.
• The Secret Annex crew had also left some windows open and some outsiders might be starting to get suspicious. Mr. Kugler is really mad, and for good reason.
• The cats are getting sick.
• Fresh food is scarce.

SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1944 

• Anne and Peter cuddle, which she describes, cheek caressing and all. Anne is psyched because their heads were touching for so long.
• Peter gives Anne her first kiss, although it doesn’t actually land on her lips.

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1944 

• Anne wonders if she is acting morally to cuddle and kiss Peter without any intention of marrying him. We’re wondering if she’s actually even kissing him on the lips, but regardless, this seems to be a big deal for the 1940's.
• She wonders if she should talk to her father. And certainly, she thinks she and Peter should talk about it; she does not want simply the physical intimacy, but emotional intimacy as well.

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1944 

• It’s amazing how innocent seventeen-year-old boys were back in the 1940's. Anne tells Peter about female anatomy and he has a few surprises. You have to read this entry. The humor is too good to dilute by summarizing it.
• Today they kiss "near the mouth."
• Anne hopes to start talking about intimate and important things, rather than just lying around in each other’s arms all the time. She really wants a deep relationship.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1944 

• This entry is short and puppy-lovey, focusing on holding Peter in her arms and never wanting to be interrupted.

FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1944 

• Anne had a sore throat, but is better now.
• Yesterday was Hitler’s birthday.
• She chats on about royalty.
• One of the warehouse workers, Mr. van Maaren, is probably the one who has been stealing stuff from the office, but he’s trying to blame it on Bep.
• Anne wants to get some of her fiction published in a magazine under a pseudonym.

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1944 

• Mr. Dussel and Mr. van Daan aren’t speaking to each other. Basically Mr. Dussel is all sulky because of security measures. This guy doesn’t seem very in touch with reality and is managing to insult everyone in the Secret Annex.
• Anne is sick and getting her family sick. She’s worried Peter will get her cold, since he insists on continuing to kiss her.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 

• Mrs. van Daan complains, as usual.
• Anne talks about the many things she learns and does in one single school day at home.

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944 

• Anne describes her two selves: one is outgoing and amusing, the other is shy and desperately wants to be loved.
• The second, more tender Anne came out while she was with Peter, but she’s not even sure if he noticed, which bothers her.
• They actually kiss on the lips, although it’s not clear if that was really the original plan.
• Anne thinks deep and hard about whether what she is doing with Peter is right. She feels utterly torn. She desires the closeness desperately but does not feel he would be the right man to marry, so is the intimacy of their relationship okay or not?
• Anne recognizes Peter’s weaknesses: he’s emotionally younger than his age, and lacks courage and character.
• Anne worries that she’s giving too much of herself to him too soon, and maybe she should be saving herself for Mr. Right, not Peter van Daan.

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1944 

• Anne talks to her father about her relationship with Peter. He does not take it well, worried that she can’t have a normal teenage relationship considering the circumstances.
• Father tells Anne he would rather she didn’t go upstairs quite so often, and that it’s up to Anne, as the female in the relationship, to "set the limits."
• Like Anne, her father also sees Peter’s weakness of character.
• Anne and Peter discuss what Mr. Frank said, and Anne reassures Peter that she trusts him.
• Peter tells Anne’s dad that they’ll keep themselves under control in the relationship and not get too serious.
• Mr. Dussel finally apologizes for being so annoying and sulky recently. But since he does this the day before his birthday, we’re suspicious that he did it for the gifts.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1944 

• Boche, the cat, has disappeared and Anne is making up stories about what might have happened to him.
• Anne suggests that all people are guilty for a war like this, not just the big politicians and war-mongers. She thinks wars will continue until the average people no longer have an inner desire to kill.
• Anne likes the young woman she is turning out to be, and is making plans to be somebody, not just a housewife.

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944 

• Daddy is not pleased. He does not want Anne to go upstairs and "neck" with Peter.
• Anne writes her father a little letter about how her life has not been easy, shut up away as it has been, and she has had to learn to be very independent, without support from her parents. They have not, and do not, help her through her difficulties, so she has had to become older than she really is.
• So now that he wants her to be obedient and stop seeing Peter, she feels she should make her own decisions. Either he forbids or he trusts her: there’s no middle ground.

SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1944 

• Anne puts the letter in her father’s pocket. According to Margot, he’s pretty upset by it.
• Everything costs so much more money than it used to—Anne lists some increased prices—and life is so much more dangerous. Girls are disappearing every day.

SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1944

• Anne and her dad finally talk about the letter and they both cry.
• He reproaches Anne about her letter, saying he and her mom do not deserve to be criticized so harshly since they have always protected and cared for her.
• Anne feels terrible and repents having written it, but really only regrets criticizing her father; she can’t take back what she wrote about her mom.
• She decides to try to start over and be a better person, and feels she can do it with Peter’s support.

MONDAY, MAY 8, 1944 

• Anne discusses the irony of how rich her family was—both her parents grew up with a lot of wealth—compared with how they live now, with not even enough to eat.
• Anne doesn’t believe she needs to be rich, but does want to study in London and Paris, have beautiful clothes, and live a life of adventure.
• Miep tells Anne and Margot about a party she went to at a rich cousin’s house and about all of the delicious food. The sisters are really hungry and can’t stop thinking about the fancy feast Miep enjoyed.