Gift of Anita Budding

Id no. 504.91, Diary, Dutch

January 01 to May 31 1945, Holland, Eindhoven

Subject(s):  Diaries, Hiding, Escape and rescue, Children

Anita Meyer, born in the Hague, Holland in 1929, kept this diary while in hiding. Meyer recorded, among other things, going to the dentist, the cold weather of 1945, bombings, and going to the farmer to get potatoes and more. Slashes in groups of seven on back page represent days of hiding. Entry for May 5, 1945 includes Dutch for hip, hip, hooray! This is the day Anita Meyer was liberated.