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more about #amsterdam more comments → AJ: ...now with fewer zebra mussels. more » CurtCole: Advanced publicity still for Saw 47? #thehoerengracht more » bowleserised: The box on her head is a cookie tin from KaDeWe in Berlin and is, according to Nancy Reddin-Kienholz, intended to show that she can cut her emotions o... more » Kivrin: That happened five years ago? Wow. Time certainly does fly when you're trying to avoid the wrath of religious fundamentalists… #theovangogh more » PilgrimSoul: I went and saw this last year around this time on a business trip and you could tell the tree was sick. I didn't go into the attic though, or the hou... more » feministabroad: I just visited Amsterdam. It was such an experience to be in the house that Anne Frank was once in. more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: I *just* read this in the NYT. It made me feel happy and warm inside. Holocaust Remembrance Day is coming up, yo. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): May I propose that these saplings be planted in New Amsterdam? Specifically, allow the trees to grow in Brooklyn? That would make me inordinately ha... more » katie.scarlett.o'hara: Isn't there debate over whether the tree should be cut down? A Dutch friend told me about it a while ago, but I don't remember the details... more » LaComtesse: It's amazing how often trees and tree imagery appear in Holocaust memorialization and Holocaust memorial art. Yad Veshem in Israel, the Holocaust muse... more » kelsium: That pulls my heartstrings in about eighteen different ways. Life, death, nature, sacrifice, tragedy, mother symbolism = GAH CRY. more » hannapdx: Do you think if they have to take the tree down, they'll put another Horse Chestnut in its place? The trees in Amsterdam are so gorgeous. more » Heydiddler: Sabbath Lily Hawks: Jeff Mangum needs to be the one to plant those trees. Still, I only hope this isn't the only type of vegetation they are planning on bringing from Ams... more » Joyce Carol Hall and Oates: Frankly, I think that is a fine idea. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): And somewhere, Bishop Richard Williamson, Mel Gibson's dad and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad are denying that this tree really is what it claims to be, or if it... more » -
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Tree Of Life
Although the horse chestnut tree that marked the seasons for Anne Frank while her family hid in Amsterdam is dying, ten of its saplings may be brought to America for planting. [NYT] -
