Analysis of an Anne Frank's hypnagogic hallucination in which her close friend Hanneli Goslar appears (2) : focussing on hidden fears and guilty of Anne Frank

On November 27 in 1943, Anne told her diary her hallucination in which Hanneli Pick-Goslar, one of her best friends, stood silently, staring at Anne. This hallucination shows that Anne was tormented by a sense of guilty for all Jewish people who were sent to concentration camps by Nazis. Scholars, however, hardly explain why this particular friend, Hanneli, appeared in Anne's hallucination and why Anne saw the hallucination on November 27 in 1943. In the paper, we discuss some reasons why Anne saw Hanneli in her hallucination from the viewpoint of dreamer-centered dream analysis in order to reveal Anne's circumstances and psychological states at that time. As a result, it can be concluded that the hallucination arose from (a) Anne's guilty for Hanneli herself

Anne Frank

Hanneli Goslar

visual hallucination