Tokyo Junior High School Still Nurtures ‘Anne Frank’ Roses After Half A Century; Students Received Original Plants from Famed Diarist’s Father |
12:28 JST, May 13, 2026
About 200 rose plants of a variety named in honor of a young diarist who died in the holocaust have bloomed at Takaido Junior High School in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.
The rose variety, called “Rose of Anne Frank” at the school, is named after a girl who perished in a concentration camp due to Nazi Germany’s persecution of the Jewish people. Some rose plants of this variety were presented to the........