Kammala wannan jumlar: An haifi Hanna "Hanneke" Groenteman a yankin Rivierenbuurt, a kudancin Amsterdam. Gidan iyayenta yana kusa da gidan sayar da ice cream. Michiel Groenteman, mahaifinta, ya yi aiki a kasuwar hannayen jari ta Amsterdam. Mahaifiyarta, wacce aka haife ta Rachel Smit, ta yi aiki a matsayin stenographer. Lokacin da take 'yar wata goma ne aka mamaye kasar. Shekarunta na farko an bayyana su ta hanyoyi da yawa ta hanyar mamayar Jamus. An gano dangin a matsayin Yahudawa, kuma bayan da aka karɓi umarnin da za a gabatar da su don fitarwa sun ɓoye. Don rage haɗarin ganowa, an raba yara da iyayensu Yahudawa a ƙarƙashin waɗannan yanayi, kuma Hanneke an shirya shi a cikin jerin wuraren ɓoye, wanda aka shirya ta ("Utrechts Kindercomité"). Matsayinta mafi tsawo a lokacin yaƙi shi ne na ƙarshe: tsawon watanni goma sha takwas tsakanin 1943 da 1945 ta zauna tare da Van Starkenburgs, dangi mai ƙauna na Kiristoci masu sadaukarwa, a ƙauyen Rijnsburg, kusa da wurin shakatawa na bakin teku na Katwijk. Ta haɗu sosai da "lakinta", Cor van Starkenburg, kuma ta kasance kusa da dangin von Starkenburg daga baya.
Bayan yaƙin ta koma gidan iyayenta na Amsterdam, yanzu a gidan kawunta wanda ya mutu a yaƙin. Yanayin ya kasance da damuwa. Iyalin sun tsira, amma dangi da abokai da yawa ba su tsira ba. An kashe mahaifiyar mahaifinta a Sobibór. Amma, iyayen mahaifiyarta yanzu suna zama da iyalin. Yarinyar ta yi sha'awar "Aunt Cor da Uncle Kees" yayin da ta sami alaƙar ta da iyayenta na haihuwa ("moeizaam").