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.

Conservationists Fight to Save Anne Frank Tree...

The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while the teenager and her family hid from the Nazis and that she mentioned warmly in her world famous diary is still strong and should not be cut down, conservationists say. The 150 year old tree behind the Amsterdam warehouse annex where the Frank family hid for two years, until they were discovered and sent to Nazi concentration camps in 1944, is schedule to be cut down Nov 21. The city council decided that the tree is so deceased and damaged that it could fall over at any time. Conservationists went to court to argue that the decision was hasty and that the tree stands as a monument to the memory of Frank, who died in a concentration camp at age 15. A Dutch court is schedule to hear arguments on the dispute today.