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Mrs. Van Daan thought they were burglars in the attic. A few nights after, the whole Van Daan family heard ghostly sounds. Then, they found out that an enormous swarm of rats lived in the attic.
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Germany announced a new rationing. The manufacture of suits, costumes, bath salts, and firecrackers are all prohibiting. They also restricted the use of telephone and photography.
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She read a book called “The Knock at the Door” by Ina Boudier-Bakker. The story of the family is very well written. It talks about war and writers but she is still not sure she likes it very much.
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A German officer attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in a plot called “Operation Spark”. An officer gave Hitler a parcel making him believe that it contained a gift or a liquor when it actually contained a bomb. All went according to plan, except the bomb never went off when Hitler’s plane took off.
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Turkey is in the war. They are waiting in suspense for the news.
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In Thrace, Bulgaria, the deportation of Jews began. They were being sent to Treblinka extermination camp in Poland. The camp was built and operated by the Nazis. It was located in the forest, 2.5 miles south of the Treblinka train station.
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She writes about how the “Führer aller Germanen” has been talking to wounded soldiers. The soldiers seemed to be proud of their wounds, the more the better! For example, a certain Heinrich Scheppel was proud to say that he has two (2) feet frozen off and a broken joint in the left arm.
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4000 Jews in Nazi-occupied France were deported. The prisoners were sent by train to the Sobibor extermination camp. At their arrival, all were sent to gas chambers except 15. And out of the 15, 5 of 4000 survived to World War 2.
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On that day, the whole family had a really big scare. They thought burglars had entered the house, as they heard someone fumbling about at the door and a barrel fallen over the warehouse. After a lot a fuss, they came to the conclusion that they were safe, and that, maybe, it wasn’t burglars after all.
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The construction of th Blockhaus d'Éperlecques was approved by Hitler. It is a bunker now part of a museum near Saint-Omer, France. It had walls 12 feet thick and it was the first of three constructed to house missiles.
