Woman Who Helped Anne Frank Dies

[Die Fledermaus]

>> AMSTERDAM – The Anne Frank Museum says Miep Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, has died. She was 100.

The Miep Gies Web site said the woman who rescued Anne Frank's diary after the family was arrested in 1944, died after a short illness Monday.

Maatje Mostart, a spokeswoman for the museum, confirmed the death but gave no details.

Gies and several other employees of Anne Frank's father provided food and other necessities to the Jewish family while they hid in a concealed apartment for 25 months. Anne Frank died of typhus in a concentration camp. <<

>>http://www.miepgies.nl/en/<<

>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_anne_frank_1<<

>>www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=242&lid=2<<

>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miep_Gies<<

[pinky]

I remember the name well, from reading the Diary years ago.

She was incredibly brave.

[ladyjosephine]

It was sad to hear..but old people die
She was incredibly brave and very loyal to the Frank-family.

There isn't really been a big reaction to the news overhere in Holland, dutch people are a bit "cool" about old people we don't really know dying.

She was great and it's sad she died, but she had a good life and she did fantastic things. that should be celibrated, mourning is for her family.

[Die Fledermaus]

>> a bit "cool" about old people we don't really know dying. <<

I guess that is what I wanted to know. I expected a somewhat bigger reaction as I expected her to be better know in the Netherlands. Figured she might be some kind of heroine there.

[ladyjosephine]

Sure she is, but I think "we" like to remember her by the things she did..not "because she died 01/11/2010"

Also; She is well known, I don't think you can find many people in the Netherlands that don't know who Miep Gies is.

There where much more like her here in Holland(Also persons who did much more for the Resistence/jews/minorities) who stayed anonymous... MG only got famous because of Anne's diary
So I think we shouldn't just remember her because she is MG, one of Anne's "friends", but also because she is the face of all who did the same as she did but didn't get this recognition. By remembering her, we remember them.

She also said so herself; She didn't attend big events like she used to, and liked her privacy....
This is just Respecting her wishes.