Chestnut Tree
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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Anne Frank had to hide in the Secret Annex (owned by Otto Frank) for two years. In those two years, she would look out the window to see a chestnut tree behind the large house.
"Nearly every morning I go to the attic to blow the stuffy air out of my lungs, from my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind. As long as this exists, I thought, and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts I cannot be unhappy."
- Anne Frank
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To Anne Frank, the tree was a symbol of the freedom and nature which she longed to have.
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Sadly, the Chestnut Tree died in 2010. It was 170 years old, making it one of the oldest trees of its kind in Amsterdam. Luckily, the stewards of the Anne Frank House saved several saplings to spread across the world.
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11 of the saplings were donated to the U.S. The saplings were planted in the front lawn of the White House: Virginia, Sonoma State University: California, Southern Cayuga School District: New York, Washington State Holocaust Resource Center: Washington, Boston Common: Massachusetts, Central High School: Arkansas, Holocaust Memorial Center: Michigan, Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial: Idaho, William J. Clinton Presidential Center: Arkansas, Liberty Park, Commemorating 9/11: New York City.........
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THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Of Indiana
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Of Indiana
The saplings in the U.S. symbolize the fact that the Holocaust was not that far from home, and that we had our own fight for freedom.
The saplings in the U.S. symbolize the fact that the Holocaust was not that far from home, and that we had our own fight for freedom.
THE ORIGINAL ANNE FRANK TREE
THE ORIGINAL ANNE FRANK TREE
Questions:
1. Where was Anne Frank forced to hide?
2. How old was the Anne Frank Tree?
3. What did the tree symbolize to Anne Frank?
Photo by Claudio.Ar
