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

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.