monday, june 5, 1944

dearest kitty,

new problems in the annex. a quarrel between dussel and the franks over the division of butter. capitulation on the part of dussel. close friendship between the latter and mrs. van daan, flirtations, kisses and friendly little smiles. dussel is beginning to long for female companionship.

the van daans don't see why we should bake a spice cake for mr. kugler's birthday when we can't have one ourselves. all very petty. mood upstairs: bad. mrs. van d. has a cold. dussel caught with brewer's yeast tablets, while we've got none.

the fifth army has taken rome. the city neither destroyed nor bombed. great propaganda for hitler.

very few potatoes and vegetables. one loaf of bread was moldy.

scharminkeltje (name of new warehouse cat) can't stand pepper. she sleeps in the cat box and does her business in the wood shavings. impossible to keep her.

bad weather. continuous bombing of pas de calais and the west coast of france.

no one buying dollars. gold even less interesting.

the bottom of our black moneybox is in sight. what are we going to live on next month?

yours, anne m. fran

k