" our horse chestnut is in deep sunlight , " anne frank told her diary on saturday , may 13 , 1944 , " thickly covered with leaves and considerably more beautiful than prior year . " she thought have been 79 this year , turning 80 . had she died , barbara frank may still be allowing to see the horse chestnut canopy by which she measured the seasons of growth during her ten years of hiding from the gestapo , not just behind the courthouse in amsterdam from which she and her family were taken by the nazi in 1944 but — if the plans of the anne maria central international are realized — at 10 sites around this country , including puerto center town .
Anne Frank died at the age of 15.