Anne Frank Diary Heroine Dies

monster · 01-11-2010, 08:40 PM

Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide and feed the Frank family as they hid from the nazis, and the person who preserved Anne's diary until such a time as it could be published, died aged 100.

What a marvelous individual. I read Anne Frank as a young girl and was always inspired by the bravery of Miep. I had no idea she was still alive until now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8453331.stm

Sundae · 01-12-2010, 11:30 AM

I knew she was alive, purely because I did my research to go to Amsterdam last year. It didn't happen, but by reading around and researching I was well up on Anne Frank's circle.

I hope to visit next year, and the Frankhuis is definitely on my list of must-do's. I hope by the time I am there, there will be a memorial to Gies. As you say, quite remarkable. Worth celebrating. I know there is a place in Jerusalem for those who are honoured. If it's only after death I am confident that she will have a place.

She lived a good long life and is remembered for her courage and fortitude. And for representing those who did the same and either died, or simply passed unrecognised.

01-11-2010, 08:40 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Anne Frank Diary Heroine Dies Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide and feed the Frank family as they hid from the nazis, and the person who preserved Anne's diary until such a time as it could be published, died aged 100. What a marvelous individual. I read Anne Frank as a young girl and was always inspired by the bravery of Miep. I had no idea she was still alive until now. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8453331.stm __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-12-2010, 11:30 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I knew she was alive, purely because I did my research to go to Amsterdam last year. It didn't happen, but by reading around and researching I was well up on Anne Frank's circle. I hope to visit next year, and the Frankhuis is definitely on my list of must-do's. I hope by the time I am there, there will be a memorial to Gies. As you say, quite remarkable. Worth celebrating. I know there is a place in Jerusalem for those who are honoured. If it's only after death I am confident that she will have a place. She lived a good long life and is remembered for her courage and fortitude. And for representing those who did the same and either died, or simply passed unrecognised. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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