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- dustedbunny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+50fta: "The tree's condition has rapidly deteriorated in recent years, the city said. The inner wood is rotten and the dying roots and bark are not regenerating."
Looks to me that replanting it somewhere else would be impossible. - Qenton, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42"The museum, where the tiny apartment has been preserved, said grafts already have been taken and a sapling from the original chestnut will replace the once-towering tree."
Seems sensible. Hope the Museum and Tree Clone will be there for many many generations to come. - meepus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33She's dead, idiot.
- krackle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Why don't you just read the article?
- JoeB4ever, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27I just lost so much faith in fellow diggers since they don't even know who Anne Frank is. And then proceed to make asinine remarks.
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Seriously, just shut the ***** up.
- WestDC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Oh dear. You obviously haven't heard of Anne Frank before!
- nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25no, it's from something, and I was about to post that same thing because it's hilarious, but I forget what it's from.
I want to say Clerks 2, but that's not it....
THANK YOU WIKIPEDIA - it IS Clerks 2: "In the film Clerks II, Randal Graves constantly says that Anne Frank is "the deaf, dumb, and blind girl" despite repeated statements by Dante Hicks that he is referring to Helen Keller." - Jacob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24no not even close. plus it's deaf not death.
- tsaxer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20She died of typhus in 1945, so go ahead, ak her...
Oops, meepus & WestDC beat me to it.. - mancat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20Anne Frank Huis is one of the most depressing places I've ever been in. It really took a little bit while walking in the house before it finally set in... Here I am walking in the virtual prison where an entire family made their home for years, living almost every other moment in fear of being discovered and dragged away, until one night they finally were, and none of them were ever seen again. And I'm standing right where they were the moment it happened.
The only thing worse were the camps they were taken to, but I never made it to any of those, nor am I sure I would want to. - Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16most. tasteless. comment. ever.
- pjleonhardt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1614year olds don't know much about anything that happened before 2000...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16this is terrible I've read the book several times and visited the house when I was in The Netherlands a few months back.. very sad
- hannahmar, on 06/11/2009, -0/+12Sounds like some crock conspiracy theories...
- hehe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9She died over 60 years ago, so obviously they can't ask her. But they are doing what they think she would like by planting a sapling from the original tree. It essentially lives on.
- sapo916, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Theres nothing wrong with not knowing who she was, I'm from Bosnia and have family members who were victims of genocide and concentration camps and I'm never surprised that many people have no idea it even happened or that there is even a place called Bosnia. Do I blame them? No, people have no obligation to care and its your right to be ignorant. Now if Anne Frank used a Mac... different story.
- gohepcat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"did you know that the last part of Anne Frank's handwritten diary was done in ball-point pen"
That's not true. There were 2 scraps of paper written in ball point pen during the 80's included in some of her writings. They were just reference material, used to describe content.
During an investigation of the authenticity of her works in the 90's these pieces of paper were mentioned in the official report. Jackass Neo-Nazis used this insignificant footnote to dupe people like you into posting crap like the above on websites like this. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9It took you until now to lose faith in fellow diggers?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Time marches on. Now it's 61 years since the war in Europe ended, teens today have no direct connection to that era (ie not through their parents, most not even through their grandparents), and the holocaust is fading into the background noise of historical atrocities.
I can tell the difference in the charge of words like "Hitler" or "Auschwitz" or "Nazi" today compared to when I was a kid; they've been cheapened and are now flung around willy nilly (e.g. that CNN reporter who likened Hilary Clinton to Hitler yesterday, because she's a proponent of national health service).
Instead words like "terrorist" and "liberal" have taken the lead as ultimate reference points for evil, final insults, and argument-stoppers.
I don't know. Perhaps it's good that Hitler is thrown on the compost heap of history. It's certainly where he belongs. - ozroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I found it to be a really creepy place. It just has that sort of atmosphere.
I remember when I visited it I joined the queue behind a school group who were acting as children do, really noisy and messing around. I almost didn't go in because of that. But when we finally got in the whole place was full of people, but no one made a sound except for their shoes on the wooden floor.
I think there are very few places that can produce that sort of reverence. - icepick314, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11i blame TV and damm c"rap" music....
people need to read more books.... - Langford, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10It reminds me of a story about a sickly old pecan tree that my botany professor told the class. Basically the tree was dying and riddled with bugs, so they called in a local plant expert. The solution he gave was to basically feed the tree by mixing in a large amount of manure into the surrounding soil. Once the tree was nourished, it could heal and fight off the bugs it's self. Today it is supposedly one of the biggest healthiest pecan trees around. I don't know if that solution would work for her chestnut tree however, but it might be worth trying.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9@jrocknyc:
The ironic thing, the only people that tend to see these dupe comments are people who never saw the original article. There are many reasons the original doesnt get to the front page and timing is one of them. It happens and it isnt always gaming. - MadOtaku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6shut up you disrespectful *****.
- venom8599, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If they moved I don't think they really 'elected' to do so.
It was probably more like "Walk or die trying, or you stay here and we'll execute you before the Russians free you." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It's unfortunate that they are going to do this. At least the museum still stands though, I think that is an adequate testament to Anne Frank by itself.
- EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well... I doubt the tree's within the range of anything an arbour(sp?) (tree surgeon) could do to save it. We can't make humans live forever, nor can we make trees live forever.
- aiken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+425 million readers? What, was I the only one required to read this book in high school? That number seems way, way too low for a book that I'm pretty sure is still on many, many required reading lists around the world.
- geegee101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Maybe the Dutch are still feeling bad-- The Franks, and the collaborators that turned them in; Srebrenica and the complicity in that massacre.. the list goes backwards and forwards
The tree is not about Anne Frank, it's about the Dutch.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. - RickySan65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Did you know that, when the.. "
Why? where you there? Do you have any idea what the Nazi's actually did in those camps? get your facts straight before you spout of nonsense, the russians weren't saints, but what you are implying sure as hell didn't happen. - rbanffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We are human. We are capable of wonderful achievements and of terrible atrocities. We must remember what we can do and learn from what we did.
It's not about the Dutch, the Jew or the Nazis. Things like that happened many times throughout history. Let's hope we don't do it again. - hannahmar, on 06/11/2009, -1/+4I'm glad I got to see it before they decided to remove it, it was a really powerful moment after having read her diary to see her house, and her tree. It is very sad that her pinnacle of comfort during her dire time hiding is soon to be removed.
On a different note, I wish more people would read her diary these days... such an amazing ordeal to go through and Anne Frank is a beautifully strong young woman, there is a lot to be learned from her story. - icepick314, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4too bad....such a symbol dying from such unfortunate event....damm bugs...
i hope the newly planted sapling will live for another 150+ years... - rbanffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's more frightening than sad.
As they say, those who do not know history are bound to repeat it.
And that is a piece of it that should never be repeated. Ever. - reklus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6No, the deaf dumb and blind one (who sure played a mean pinball) was
Tommy. - Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4wal-mart is going to sell t-shirts with the tree
- jonohull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Elie Weisel is a famed Nazi hunter? You act like an expert, but did you even read his book? He was a kid!
- Antha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dear Captain Lame:
How long has your head been buried in the sand? You are astonishingly ignorant. - AudioPhil3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I hope they recycle the wood - and use it for a special edition reprint of the book.
- joemc72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I see all the outstanding products of our fine American educational system are out in force again. ;) That said, I understand the need to replace the tree, and I'm glad they are going to replace it with a sapling. I hope it lasts a good long time.
- lordsandwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's almost certainly the dumbest thing ever posted on Digg. It deserves an award.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You *sure* you've not got your small central-european countries mixed up there?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Need anyone of use even reply to this moron?
- Spankov, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Maybe the Dutch are still feeling bad-"
Yeah , collective guilt. Make them pay, even the ones not born at the time. - blindbug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, I AM telling you that they are not identical stories. In fact, the story in this post on digg is more informative than the story in wolfchild71's post. This story includes that the wood is rotten and roots are dry (not just 'deteriorating'), as well it includes dates and that the family was arrested. One article is from Canada, the other is from the US. The only quotes that are the same is the quote from the diary (obviously would be included in both), and a quote from a spokeswoman of the Anne Frank House, and this article includes an extended version of that quote. So, again, YES I am serious.
- KlipschFan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Ten Boom family that hid the Frank family paid dearly for their crime as well. Mrs. Ten Boom went to a concentration camp as well. She was released by a "clerical error." Her tree on the Avenue of Righteous Gentiles stands not too far from that of Oskar Schindler.
I watched the movie "The Hiding Place" when I was 9. I now remember its effect on me reading this story. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2There is a reason the dutch are so tolerant and liberal nowadays. And part of it is guilt.
- blindbug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I have said it before, and I will say it again. Stating that something is a dupe is understandable (especially when the original link is included)... what I cannot understand is when stories come from different sources and points of view, then it is NOT a dupe. Quit calling stories of different origins for the same topic a dupe, its NOT. If the original you posted had been the exact same story, I would have dugg that story up and buried this one, but it was not.
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