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Describe the third burglary in annex
The diary of young girl

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Anne describes how Peter called her father upstairs saying he wanted some help. But, Anne assumed and told Margot that there would be burglars in the house. Her assumption was true as burglars had broken into the warehouse. While the men went upstairs, the women waited patiently. It was as late as ten o' clock when they returned. They moved upstairs, as they were instructed by Anne's father. Anne and the other women later understood that when the burglars broke in, the men screamed 'police'. Anne and the others in the secret place were quiet through the night and made no movement, in order to avoid being caught by the police. However, the next day, the police arrived and by God's grace, Anne and the group were not found.

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rowseNotessearch Search for any book or any question HOMEWORK HELP > THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL From Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, what scared everyone about this burglary and why? print Print document PDF list Cite EXPERT ANSWERS DURBANVILLE eNotes educator| CERTIFIED EDUCATOR The Frank family and the van Daan's are very wary of being discovered and go to great lengths to ensure that their "Secret Annex" remains a secret. Anne recalls many events in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl when the families take extraordinary measures, keeping silent at certain times, having noise rules and even forbidding coughing - a dose of codeine seems to cure that problem. They keep the curtains drawn and have a bookcase disguising the entrance to their space. One evening, Mrs van D (as Anne calls her), thinks she hears loud noises coming from the attic and a few nights later, the family hear "ghostly noises." (Wednesday March 10 1943) It turns out to be rats, fortunately and other than Peter getting bitten a while later, the rats subside, mainly due to the presence of the cat. However, Anne recalls, in her diary entry of Thursday March 25, that Peter came to tell her father that there had been noises coming from the warehouse and even someone "fiddling with the door." Everyone was on alert but nothing appeared to come of it and it was supposed that maybe the sounds had even come from the building next door. As a cautionary measure, no one made a sound, not even flushing the toilet. The main concern is however, the arrangement of the chairs in the office as they are arranged in a circle, around the radio with the radio tuned in to the English service. Obviously, if the police were alerted to that, their secret would be discovered and they, and those responsible for hiding them, would face serious consequences
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The first burglary attempt was carried out when the Frank family were sitting together and Peter suddenly burst in with the news of the attempted break-in. A barrel had fallen over from the outside and someone had tried to force their way in through the door. It had unsettling effect on the annex members because they were powerless to do anything. Raising an alarm would have meant a disclosure of their location to the police and that would have resulted in far more serious consequences. As Mr. Frank and Peter went down to investigate, the rest of the family waited with bated breath to know the results of their investigation. The drained faces of the man and the boy were enough to show the strain they had been under while lying in wait for the burglars to force their way in. However nothing happened but soon they heard doors banging and the families assembled together. The burglary was eventually aborted because the burglars must have been surprised by the sound of footsteps in a supposedly empty building and gone away.
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