Hanneli was Anne's first best friend, and it is perhaps for this reason that Anne is haunted by her image. As her time in the Annex drags on, Anne is tormented by dreams of Hanneli – she imagines that Hanneli is suffering greatly, or that she's died. To Anne, Hanneli, whose family was not able to hide in time as Anne's was, comes to symbolize the suffering of the Jews.
Hanneli Goslar Quotes in The Diary of Anne Frank
The The Diary of Anne Frank quotes below all refer to the symbol of Hanneli Goslar. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Year 1944
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I think spring is inside me. I feel spring awakening, I feel it in my entire body and soul. I have to force myself to act normally. I'm in a state of utter confusion, don't know what to read, what to write, what to do. I only know I'm longing for something…
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Hanneli Goslar Symbol Timeline in The Diary of Anne Frank
The timeline below shows where the symbol Hanneli Goslar appears in The Diary of Anne Frank. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Year 1943
November 27th. Just as she's falling asleep, Anne has a vision of her old schoolmate Hanneli. "I saw her there, dressed in rags, her face thin and worn." Hanneli looks at...
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December 29th. Anne's visions continue. This time, she has visions of both her grandmother and Hanneli. "Grandma, oh my sweet Grandma. How little we understood what she suffered," she writes. Anne...
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Year 1944
...also recounts dreams she's had about her grandmother (who appeared as a guardian angel) and Hanneli.
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