A human rights memorial in Idaho's capital city will receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis.The 3-foot-tall sapling will be quarantined at a Boise tree nursery for two years before it's planted at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, according to the Spokesman-Review newspaper.

The 3-foot-tall sapling will be quarantined at a Boise tree nursery for two years before it's planted at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, according to the Spokesman-Review newspaper.The Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam took applications from dozens of U.S. groups interested in getting a sapling from the 150-year-old chestnut tree.

The Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam took applications from dozens of U.S. groups interested in getting a sapling from the 150-year-old chestnut tree.In all, 11 U.S. places are getting them, including the White House and the World Trade Center site in New York.

In all, 11 U.S. places are getting them, including the White House and the World Trade Center site in New York.After her family's hiding place was discovered in 1944, Anne Frank died in a German concentration camp at age 15. Frank mentioned the big shade tree in several entries of her famous diary.

After her family's hiding place was discovered in 1944, Anne Frank died in a German concentration camp at age 15. Frank mentioned the big shade tree in several entries of her famous diary.In February 1944, she wrote, "The two of us looked out at the blue sky, the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew, the seagulls and other birds glinting with silver as they swooped through the air, and we were so moved and entranced that we couldn't speak."

In February 1944, she wrote, "The two of us looked out at the blue sky, the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew, the seagulls and other birds glinting with silver as they swooped through the air, and we were so moved and entranced that we couldn't speak."