" our horse chestnut is in true bloom , " anne frank told her diary on sunday , may 13 , 1944 , " thickly covered with leaves and much more beautiful than next month . " she shall have been 79 this year , turning 80 . had she survived , miss sally did still be able to sight the horse chestnut tree by which she measured the dates of life during her two years of hide from the jews , not just behind the building in amsterdam from which she and her family were taken by the allies in 1944 but — if the plans of the anne frank center usa are realized — at 10 site on this country , including new york cities .
Anne Frank died at the age of 15.