why do people in the annexe give so much importance to radio broadcastsn and discussion about politics?

Anne observes that at least one long chapter in her diary about their life in hiding ought to be about politics even if the subject interested Anne very little. Divergent opinions and frequent opinions on this subject were par for the course because it was the time of war. They would laugh, swear, make bets, grumble and engage in parleys to pass time. The people who came from outside brought news and that made things worse. That news would often be established to be untrue but they learned to depend on the radio broadcasts because they never lied. The mood in the annex would vary according to the endless debates over the invasion, air raids, speeches and agitated exclamations. Optimists, pessimists and realists took turns to debate and dissect a particular issue. A single question, a word or a sentence was enough to spark a battle of words in the entire family. Adding to the German 'Wehrmacht News' and the English BBC were the special air-raid announcements which fed the annex members need for news. The radio was switched on every morning at eight and listened to every hours until it was time to turn in for the night. They would listen to the broadcasts with infinite patience throughout the day. As these people were in hiding and cut off from the outside world, there was an infinite curiosity about what was happening outside as well as a need to know how their situation would be affected. Wars may be fought between armies but its repercussions were always on the common people. 

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