From the August 24th Globe and Mail.
On August 23rd, strong winds toppled the tree which besides age, was suffering from rot and moths.
The massive chestnut tree gave comfort to Anne Frank who wrote about it three times in her diary while hiding out from the Germans during World War II.
In 2007, Amsterdam ordered it cut down, but a global campaign saved it. In 2005 the Anne Frank Council decided to germinate seedlings from the tree.
Canada is getting a sapling that will be planted September 27th outside the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.
A Part of History. --Cooter
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