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In Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, what are the rules of the secret annex as drafted by the Franks and Van Daans?

A set of rules was decided on in order to keep the families in the annex safe and to make their life in hiding sustainable.  The individuals hiding in the secret annex had to be quiet during the day.  This was because the building that the annex was in housed a warehouse and offices.  During the day, employees worked inside the building.  The annex was in the upstairs part of the Amsterdam building.  Some of the rules were that during the office hours in the building, those in the annex had to stay very quiet and avoid walking around.  No one could go downstairs.  They were not allowed to flush the toilets or look out the window during the office hours.  Food was rationed and sometimes scarce in Holland during World War II.  There was a rule about not wasting food because of this.  There was also a rule about not speaking German in the annex.

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