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Anne Frank tree blown over

After a long period of troubles such as disease, infestation and being treathened to be cut down, mother nature herself now delivered the finishing blow. The tree is aparently blown down and snapped in two.

Not much news on it yet, just happened; http://www.24oranges.nl/2010/08/23/b...terdam-broken/

It's called the Anne Frank tree since it's the same chestnut tree she describes in her diary. From Wiki:

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The tree is mentioned three times in Anne Frank's diary The Diary of a Young Girl. On 23 February 1944 she writes about the tree:

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.

Otto Frank, Anne's father, described his thoughts upon reading the diary for the first time in a 1968 speech. He described his surprise at learning of the tree's importance to Anne as follows:

How could I have suspected that it meant so much to Anne to see a patch of blue sky, to observe the gulls during their flight and how important the chestnut tree was to her, as I recall that she never took an interest in nature. But she longed for it during that time when she felt like a caged bird. She only found consolation in thinking about nature. But she had kept such feelings completely to herself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank_tree

That's a shame, I've walked past that tree many times over the years.

A piece of history lost forever.

A living piece of history at that (well, good part of it was rotten from the disease, but still), something unique as well. Sad. :(

Nothing is for eternity.:-?

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1475083)

A piece of history lost forever.

Unfortunately :-?

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Originally Posted by Schroeder (Post 1475111)

Nothing is for eternity.:-?

I could respond to that but, it would be rude to Arclight and his thread.

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL (Post 1475191)

I could respond to that but, it would be rude to Arclight and his thread.

:06:

^ I'll second that. :hmmm:

Don't worry about me, but some respect regarding the topic would be appreciated. :doh:

dont forget anne frank...
and the ones like her

A sad thing to happen, but it was realized that it could happen.

Was it ever established who betrayed her? :hmmm:

There were some suspects but it could never be proven who it actually was.:-?

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Originally Posted by Schroeder (Post 1475952)

There were some suspects but it could never been proven who it actually was.:-?

Ah, right :hmmm:

they should plant another!

maybe carve a memorial for a museum out of the wood as well

They're thinking about placing a new one, last I heard. :yep:

Not quite the same, but it carries on the memory.

Do something with the wood from the original tree, now that's a good idea. Wonder if the people over here think of that, might shoot them an e-mail or something. :hmmm:

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Originally Posted by gimpy117 (Post 1476277)

they should plant another!

maybe carve a memorial for a museum out of the wood as well

A great idea :yeah:

It is a shame but trees die and fall down. It is really necessary to maintain this tree? Or plant another? I am sure that Ann Frank saw a lot of things that are no longer there. I don't think there is any necessity to preserve everything Ann Frank ever saw or wrote about?

Maybe a small plaque would be better?

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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1476354)

They're not trying to preserve everything, just a tree. ;)

I honestly don't see the difference between preserving a tree or maintaining a plaque; comes down to the same priciple: something that reminds people. :hmmm:

They have cloned the tree awhile back and were look at using a clone to replace the tree when they discussed if they should remove the tree.

Might be a good solution! Maybe they can keep a portion of the old tree on display somewhere.