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The Anne Frank tree (Dutch: ''Anne Frankboom''〔 or, incorrectly, ''Anne Frank boom'') was a horse-chestnut tree in the city center of Amsterdam that was featured in Anne Frank's ''The Diary of a Young Girl''. Anne Frank described the tree from The Annexe, the building where she and her family were hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Over the years, the tree deteriorated significantly due to both a fungus and a moth infestation. The Borough Amsterdam Centrum declared that the tree had to be cut down on 20 November 2007 due to the risk that it could otherwise fall down, but on 21 November 2007 a judge issued a temporary injunction stopping the removal. The Foundation and the neighbours developed an alternative plan to save the tree. The neighbours and supporters formed the Foundation Support Anne Frank Tree which carried out the suggested supporting construction and took over the maintenance of the tree. On 23 August 2010, the tree was blown down by high winds during a storm, breaking off approximately above ground.〔(Anne Frank tree falls over in heavy wind ) Reuters. US Edition. Mon 23 Aug 2010 12:23 pm EDT〕〔('Anne Frankboom' omgewaaid ) NOS Nieuws, 23 August 2010〕〔http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67M28P20100823 Reuters report, with images〕 It fell across a garden wall and damaged garden sheds but did not damage anything else. The tree was estimated to be between 150 and 170 years old. ==Anne Frank== 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: 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: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne Frank tree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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