Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies
Secretary who hid family from Nazis in Amsterdam for two years and saved second world war diary of teenager dies aged 100
The office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers of the Netherlands to help hide Anne Frank and her family for two years has died, the Anne Frank Museum announced today.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
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