But even if a place to stay was found, it wasn't really a sigh of relief. The following report shows the tension in which the people in hiding lived.
“I took off my creaky leather shoes and crept around barefoot or in socks. After a few days I was able to live more or less silently. I had learned to stack china plates without a sound, to fill the bathtub without splashing, to open and close the windows while staying hidden behind the net curtains, to avoid the places in the corridor where the floorboards creaked loudest, to suppress coughs and sneezes, or, if that no longer worked, to quickly tuck my head under a pillow, and to tidy up, sweep and wash the dishes as gently and quietly as if the furniture and dishes were made of wafer-thin glass.”