The remains of the Anna Frank tree have been seized

The remains of the Anna Frank tree have been seized by the contractor who built the support construction for the tree. The contractor is still demanding money from the Foundation Support Anne Frank Tree who ordered the support structure. However it was precisely this construction which caused the tree to fall because of poor welding. (These welds were done in order to fasten the support construction to a foundation  set  24m deep into the marsh ground.)

The contractor now has the remains of the tree in his possession - he has transported the remains to his site and refuses to release them for distribution to the 31 institutions, museums and schools that have expressed interest to use pieces of the wood from the Anne Frank tree as a sculpture of memory.