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== Quotations ==
== Quotations ==


=== Reina Spiegl: April 2, 1939 ===
=== Reina Spiegel: April 2, 1939 ===


[[Reina Spiegl (nonfiction)|Renia Spiegel]] began her diary in January 1939.  This is the first diary entry which explicitly mentions the war. She was fifteen years old.
[[Reina Spiegel (nonfiction)|Renia Spiegel]] began her diary in January 1939.  This is the first diary entry which explicitly mentions the war. She was fifteen years old.


<blockquote>I’m learning French now and if there’s no war I might go to France. I was supposed to go before, but Hitler took over Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and who knows what he’ll do next. In a way, he’s affecting my life, too. I want to write a poem for Ariana. I’ll be really happy if it comes out well.
<blockquote>I’m learning French now and if there’s no war I might go to France. I was supposed to go before, but Hitler took over Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and who knows what he’ll do next. In a way, he’s affecting my life, too. I want to write a poem for Ariana. I’ll be really happy if it comes out well.
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Reina Spiegl (nonfiction)]]
* [[Reina Spiegel (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War Diaries (nonfiction)]]
* [[War Diaries (nonfiction)]]

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War Diary quotations for April 2

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Reina Spiegel: April 2, 1939

Renia Spiegel began her diary in January 1939. This is the first diary entry which explicitly mentions the war. She was fifteen years old.

I’m learning French now and if there’s no war I might go to France. I was supposed to go before, but Hitler took over Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and who knows what he’ll do next. In a way, he’s affecting my life, too. I want to write a poem for Ariana. I’ll be really happy if it comes out well.

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