How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #1
ANNE'S VOICE: Then things got very bad for the Jews. (1.1)
Anne relates the background reasons why she and her family are hiding in the attic. With the advent of the Holocaust, it wasn't safe for Jewish people to live in most parts of Europe.
Quote #2
ANNE'S VOICE: We had to wear yellow stars. (1.1)
Anne tells us in her diary that Jewish citizens had to have the Star of David sewn on their clothes so they could be "identified" by the Nazis and have their rights taken away.
Quote #3
MR. DUSSEL: They get their call-up notice… bring only what you can carry in a rucksack. And if you refuse the call-up notice, then they come and drag you from your home and ship you off to Mauthausen. The death camp! (1.3)
Mr. Dussel tells the Annex residents what he's actually seen on the outside, and it's not pretty.
Quote #4
MR. DUSSEL: Right here in Amsterdam every day hundreds of Jews disappear… They surround a block and search house by house. Children come back from school to find their parents gone. Hundreds are being deported. (1.3)
Mr. Dussel describes the situation of the Jews in Holland. They are being kidnapped and taken to the concentration camps.
Quote #5
MRS. VAN DAAN: The news sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? It's so different from what Mr. Kraler tells us. Mr. Kraler says things are improving… I like it better the way Kraler tells it. (1.3)
Margot and Mrs. Van Daan discuss the news Mr. Kraler delivers (which has a positive spin on it) and the harsh reality of what Mr. Dussel describes. Mrs. Van Daan would rather have the fluffier version of reality.
Quote #6
MRS. VAN DAAN: Putti, where's our money? Get our money. I hear you can buy the Green Police off, so much a head. (1.5)
Mrs. Van Daan's attention to the rumor that Jews could buy the Green Police off, or bribe them with money not to arrest them, is a reality many people could not afford.