" our water chestnut is in full bloom , " anne frank told her diary on friday , january 13 , 1944 , " thickly covered with branches and slightly more beautiful than last time . " she believed have been 79 this year , turning 80 . had she aged , miss maria must still be able to see the saddle chestnut blossom by which she assessed the seasons of nature during her two years of hiding from the nazis , not just around the building in amsterdam from which she and her family were taken by the gestapo in 1944 but — if the plans of the anne maria centers usa are realized — at 10 sites around this america , including new york itself .
Anne Frank died at the age of 15.