When Anne's family find out the Dutch government want diaries telling of wartime experiences, Anne is encouraged to submit hers. Determined to be a professional writer, Anne finds herself with no time to spend with Peter. Everybody looks forward to the end of the war and Peter and Anne decide to just be friends. As Anne is writing an entry into her diary, the Nazis show up after learning of the hiding place. Everybody is taken away to be sent to concentration camps.