DBQ 2
DBQ 2
DBQ 2
July 8th 1942: At three oclock (Hello had left but was supposed to
come back later), the doorbell rang. I didnt hear it, since I was out
on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun. A little while later
Margot appeared in the kitchen doorway looking very agitated.
Father has received a call-up notice from the SS, she whispered.
Mother has gone to see Mr. van Daan (Mr. van Daan is Fathers
business partner and a good friend.) I was stunned. A call-up:
everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps
and lonely cells raced through my head. How could we let Father
go to such a fate? Of course hes not going, declared Margot as
we waited for Mother in the living room. Mothers gone to Mr.
van Daan to ask whether we can move to our hiding place
tomorrow. The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven
of us altogether. Silence. We couldnt speak. The thought of
Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely
unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the
heat, the suspense all this reduced us to silence.