Jews were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment;
Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields;
Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public;
Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8 P.M.;
Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc.
You couldn’t do this and you couldn’t do that, but life went on.
Jacque always said to me, “I don’t dare do anything anymore, ‘cause I’m afraid it’s not allowed.”
In the summer of 1941 Grandma got sick and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration.
In the summer of 1940 we didn’t do much for my birthday either, since the fighting had just ended in Holland.
Grandma died in January 1942. No one knows how often I think of her and still love her.
This birthday celebration in 1942 was intended to make up for the others, and Grandma’s candle was lit along with the rest.
The four of us are still doing well, and that brings me to the present date of June 20, 1942, and the solemn dedication of my diary.
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