Jun 26, 2024 - News
Where we were: Anne Frank tree
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Several people answered last week's question about where we were correctly, saying we were at Seattle Center, but no one could tell us about the pictured tree.
Planted in the Peace Garden near the base of the Space Needle is a tree propagated from the chestnut tree in Amsterdam that Anne Frank wrote about in her diary during World War II.
Why it matters: That tree, which fell during a windstorm in 2010, was visible from Frank's only window to the outside world while her family was in hiding during Nazi occupation.
The chestnut in Seattle was planted in 2016 after the Holocaust Center for Humanity was chosen to receive one of the saplings.