Epilogue: a life of its own - the Anne Frank tree

If not for Anne Frank's diary, the chestnut tree that stood behind 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam would not have acquired a life of its own. Many people have found meaning and solace in the tree in ways they never seem to have found in the diary. The tree joined the other two material icons of Anne Frank's story, the original diary and the building at 263 Prinsengracht