"While in hiding, Anne spent many hours a day doing schoolwork. This reflected her father’s influence: as an avid reader, it was important to him that she keep up with her studies. Her diary entries often note the books she’s reading and other schoolwork: French verb conjugations, history and mythology, English lessons, shorthand. In an entry dated May 11, 1944, Anne mentions reading biographies of Galileo and Emperor Charles V, studying foreign-language vocabulary, and reading stories from the Bible. Meanwhile, she writes, 'I’ve left Liselotte von der Pfalz completely in the lurch.'”
~ Ruth Franklin
"How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary"
https://lithub.com/how-an-obscure-german-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/
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