Elizabeth Sayles

These weren’t the guys you’ve already heard about, setting up on the south coast of England. These units, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, began operations across the channel in Normandy and continued across Europe to the Luxembourg and the Rhine. They waved red flags in front of the noses of the Nazi bulls. Incredibly brave. And they were mostly artists! In addition to their story, the book is full of their art, and it is of amazing quality especially considering the conditions under which they were working.… (altro)

Anne Frank, a young girl was in hiding during World War II from the Nazis. Her and her family found shelter in the attic of her father’s bookstore. They where had limited contact with the outside world during this time. Their only way of knowing what was going on around them was from a radio the often listened to at night. Anne loved to write in her journal that she received on her 13th birthday. While in the attic she was able to see a chestnut tree. Anne would often gaze at the watching the seasons past through an opening in the window curtain. Before the war was declared over Anne and her family were found and sent away to a concentration camp. Were Anne had died. When her journal entries were found they were hidden and preserved. Anne wrote of the Chestnut Tree so much that many fought hard to preserve it. Unable to save the tree as a whole, they planted and shipped saplings from the tree all over.

This book was a great read, and reminder of the story of Anne Frank. As I recall reading her story as a child, I have very little memory of a chestnut tree. Anne writings lived on past her existence like she had wanted, her story as been told all over the world. Remarkably the tree lives on as well through its saplings, and stands in Anne Frank’s memory all over as well.… (altro)