Franks
Nov 20 2007, AP

The chestnut tree that gave Anne Frank a link to the outside world while she hid from the Nazis won a reprieve Tuesday when a judge ordered the city to reconsider whether the diseased tree can be saved.Judge Jurjen Bade adjourned a hearing and took...

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In this 1998 photo Miep Gies displays a copy of her book “Anne Frank Remembered” at her apartment in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Anne Frank called them the Helpers. They provided food, books and good cheer while her family hid for two years from the Nazis...