LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942
The Annex was silent except for the creaking old wooden floors, the loud shouting and yelling at the doors of us w Jewish from the raids, the loud breathing of the others and the chiming of the ticking clock outside.
It also reeked of the smell of not showering for days. When we got the yuck soup we got every single night my hands shook and the metal spoon clattered against my bowl of soup . Some nights our stomach will rumble because of hunger and lack of food then other nights we would have to eat horrible food like beans, soup packets or vegetables which were bland and very basic whilst leading to a commotion with everyone but most were grateful for at least having a meal.
Most days it was quiet but some days all you could hear was people gossiping or screams , as my heart was starting to race and it was beating overly fast and I started to worry that the Germans would be able to hear my heart beat.For our bathroom situation we could use the toilet but we couldn’t flush the toilet due to the sound and we were afraid to get found, we do have windows but we had to block them as well so that the Nazis don’t find us.
Being cramped in a small space would be boring so for entertainment we would spy on our neighbors and on other people around us . Another girl named Anne Frank recorded everything down in her diary as her entertainment . All we could do was small movements which we had to be cautious of our movements.
My head was racing with any small quiet sound made, I sigh out of relief as I hear the Germans drive past our home but even after that I still felt that tight knot twirling in my throat. I was never ever fully calm. As we ate, I was too scared to even slurp too loud. I could hear the sounds of Anne scribbling on her diary and the crisp sound of the pages flipping throughout the minutes, I could hear the desperate pleas of our neighbours that got taken away, I prayed to god for the Germans to have mercy on us. And I could also hear the haunting gunshots that were fired at the Jews for trying to get any source of food for their families, I could also hear screams of the Jews that tried getting food and supplies for their family.
At night I couldn’t sleep even if I was tired .I was to shocken to fall asleep as the night screams terrified me more as we started to think it was our time to come.
This week for our Writing our main focus was about Anne Frank . Our task was to imagine that we were there in the annex (hiding spot ) with her and the Frank family for a discription . Mrs Anderson created Gemini Gem to drop us hints on what we should say whilst Gemini Gem helps us make it stand out more and is very precised with our words . Thanks to the help of Gemini with our Wirting task .
