Answer Miep Gies: "It was frightening, because of the thousands of bombers that flew over our country to get to Germany, with the Nazi's shooting at them like mad and attacking them with their fighters. Many planes were shot down and could hit us. On top of that came the fear, that you could not trust your fellow people. Several of them collaborated with the Germans, for money or other benefits. You could become arrested or shot without proper reason. Also the food scarcity grew alarming. The last year, in that part of the Netherlands that was still in German hands, we had no sugar, no fat, no salt, no heating, no electricity, no gas, water only one hour a day, very little bread, potatoes and vegetables. We call it the hunger winter with ten thousands of people dying!"