I can’t get into a single pair of shoes any more, except ski boots, which are not much use about the house, A pair of rush sandals costing 6.50 guilders lasted me just one week, after which they were out of action.
Perhaps Miep will scrounge something under the counter. I must cut Daddy’s hair. Pim maintains that he will never have another barber after the war, as I do the job so well. If only I didn’t snip his ear so often!
Yours, Anne
Thursday, 18 March, 1943
Dear Kitty, Turkey is in the war. Great excitement. Waiting in suspense for the news.
Yours, Anne
Friday, 19 March, 1943
Dear Kitty, An hour later, joy was followed by disappointment. Turkey is not in the war yet. It was only a cabinet minister talking about them soon giving up their neutrality. A newspaper seller in the Dam square was crying, ‘Turkey on England’s side.’ The newspapers were torn out of his hands. This is how the joyful news reached us too; 500 and 1000-guilder notes have been declared no longer valid. It is a trap for black marketers and suchlike, but even more for people who have got other kinds of ‘black’ money, and for people in hiding. If you wish to hand in a 1000-guilder note you must be
