The Diary of Anne Frank (play) Warfare Quotes

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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.

Act 1, Scene 3 Summary
Warfare

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.

Act 1, Scene 3 Summary
Warfare

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.

Act 1, Scene 5 Summary
Warfare
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