Those women who had gone out with Germans were grabbed and treated very badly, often shaved totally bald so that everyone could see who they were. Some were taken prisoners. There had been so much suffering during the war because… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
The worst fear in the hearings was that you would get some evil interrogator: you could never know what might happen then. No one… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry to say it, but it was hard on me to see life continue all around.” — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
Darling, if I think of all I miss now, I will go crazy. I should not think of that. I only want to think… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“I had great pity on Ansje, because she always acted very happy, but I believed that it was really a front. I could see… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
Heavy laden -- that's what I am. Laden with pride, often thinking myself better than others while we have to think the other one… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
This pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution. — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“O Father, console them and please spare our country from that terrible disaster, not because we are any better but only out of grace.… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
By the end of the war, I could pick out Jewish people almost as if I had a sixth sense about it, even if… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“And now, when Mother called to wake me up for the New Year, I first wanted to pray, but it turned into thanks, darling,… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“And here we see again that we do not decide our own lives. Dieneke, even if we won't see each other again on earth,… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“That was one other time when my whole body reacted to the fear and went out of my own control. My nerves came apart… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
I had no real communication with anyone at the time, so I was totally dependent on God. And he never failed me. — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
