Productions
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20 November 2007
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ARD Tagesthemen
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The Anne Frank tree trial |
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The council of the Amsterdam Centre district declared that the tree behind the Anne Frank house, had to be cut down on November 20, 2007 due to the risk that it could otherwise fall down. But on November 21, 2007 a judge issued a temporary injunction stopping the removal. Second opinion analysis by the Dutch Tree Foundation has shown that there exists no acute danger of collapse. The Dutch Tree foundation and some of the neighbours start a lawsuit against the Amsterdam centre district and the owner of the ground to save the tree. The judge even decides to check out the tree himself, causing a lot of consternation by the press in the gardens behind the Anne Frank house.
Activities: research, book camera crew, direction, interview, accompany satellite feed.