The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II was to be cut down Nov. 21 because it is too diseased to be saved was saved Tuesday by a Dutch judge who disagreed with Amsterdam officials about its safety and ordered the city and preservationists to negotiate to try and find a compromise that would save the tree.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Anne Frank's tree given reprieve...
The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II was to be cut down Nov. 21 because it is too diseased to be saved was saved Tuesday by a Dutch judge who disagreed with Amsterdam officials about its safety and ordered the city and preservationists to negotiate to try and find a compromise that would save the tree.
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