Right away, from the door, i saw that the place had been ransacked. drawers were open, things strewn all over the floor. everywhere objects were overturned. my eyes took in a scene of terrible pillage. then i walked into mr. and mrs. frank's bedroom. on the floor, amidst the chaos of papers and books, my eye lit on the little red-orange checkered, cloth-bound diary that anne had received from her father on her thirteenth birthday. i pointed it out to elli. obeying my gesture, she leaned down and picked it up for me, putting it into my hands. i remembered how happy anne had been to receive this little book to write her private thoughts in. i knew how precious her diary was to anne. my eyes scanned the rubble for more of anne's writings, and i saw the old accounting books and many more writing papers that elli and i had given to her when she had run out of pages in the checkered diary. elli was still very scared, and looked to me for direction. i told elli, " me pick up all anne's writings." which theme can be inferred from this excerpt? the nazi officers destroyed the franks’ belongings. miep is determined to remember her friends. writing can be an emotional release for youth. treasure can be salvaged in the midst of ruin.