them”
H: “They have said so much already.”
S.A.: “Do you think the Germans are above doing such a thing or too humane? What they think is this, ‘If we have got to go down, then everybody in our clutches will go down with us.”
K: “Tell that to the Marines, I just don’t believe it!”
S.A.: “It’s always the same song; no one will see danger approaching until it is actually on top of him.”
H: “But you know nothing definite; you just simply suppose.”
S. A.: “We have all been through it ourselves, first in Germany, and then here. And what is going on in Russia?”
H.: “You mustn’t include the Jews. I don’t think anyone knows what is going on in Russia. The English and the Russians are sure to exaggerate things for propaganda purposes, just like the Germans.”
S.A.: “Out of the question, the English have always told the truth over the wireless. And suppose they do exaggerate the news, the facts are bad enough anyway, because you can’t deny that many millions of peace-loving people were just simply murdered or gassed in Poland and Russia.”
I will spare you further examples of these conversations,’ I myself keep very quiet and don’t take any notice of all the fuss and excitement. I have now reached the stage that I don’t care much whether I live or die. The world will still keep on turning without me; what is going to happen, will happen, and anyway it’s no good trying to resist.
I trust luck and do nothing but work, hoping that all will end well.
Yours, Anne
Saturday, 12 February, 1944
Dear Kitty,
