Miep Gies, the woman who helped the family of Anne Frank during World War II and preserved her diary, has died.
Gies, who died Monday night at the age of 100, was the last living person in the group who had helped hide Anne’s German Jewish family, who had sought refuge from the Nazis in Holland. They lived hidden in a back house in Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944.
Hours after the Franks were betrayed and seized by the Nazis on August 4, 1944, Gies crept back into the hiding place and collected Anne’s diary.
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