Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100

[StarfarerBill]

Source: BBC

Miep Gies, the last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, has died in the Netherlands aged 100.

She and other employees of Anne Frank's father Otto supplied food to the family as they hid in a secret annex above the business premises in Amsterdam.

Anne's diary of their life in hiding, which ended in betrayal, is one of the most famous records of the Holocaust.

Mrs Gies died in a nursing home after suffering a fall at Christmas.

Speaking last year as she celebrated her 100th birthday, Mrs Gies played down her role, saying others had done far more to protect Jews in the Netherlands.

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

[Kber]

1. A truly righteous Gentile.

May God grant her family peace and comfort.

[Kber]

2. dup sorry nt

[EFerrari]

3. Thank you, Miep.

[demoleft]

4. Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100

Source: bbc

Miep Gies, the last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, has died in the Netherlands aged 100.

She and other employees of Anne Frank's father Otto supplied food to the family as they hid in a secret annex above the business premises in Amsterdam.
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Mrs Gies died in a nursing home after suffering a fall at Christmas.

Speaking last year as she celebrated her 100th birthday, Mrs Gies played down her role, saying others had done far more to protect Jews in the Netherlands.


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

[LeftishBrit]

5. RIP. A great woman

[joeybee12]

6. How sad...

...may she rest in peace. What a wonderful thing she did...how few of us get such an opportunity.

[virgogal]

7. How brave she was. RIP Mrs. Gies.

[girl gone mad]

8. RIP.

She was a sweetheart, by all accounts.

[redwitch]

10. She made their lives bearable in incredibly difficult circumstances.

A truly brave woman. RIP Mies.

[avaistheone1]

9. What a wonderful woman.

She certainly was blessed with a long life.

[paranoid floyd]

11. RIP Miep Gies

If you ever get the chance, visit Anne Frank house. I doubt that there is anything that can prepare you for the experience of actually being in the house, feeling the history. My girlfriend and I left the house after the tour and probably didn't speak for 15 minutes after. What can you say, how do you speak to something so beautiful, yet so tragic. The optimism of young Anne, the heroism of Miep Gies, the horror of the betrayal.

Writing this makes me think I can't even come close to the experience of being there.

[Vidar]

12. Vaya con Dios & thank you for a life well-lived., Miep.

[hlthe2b]

13. If there's a heaven, she's on the express transport

RIP, Miep
May others learn from your example and courage

[Solly Mack]

14. Courageous

RIP

[Patsy Stone]

15. RIP

And thank you, Miep.

[IndianaGreen]

16. These righteous people risked the concentration camp by helping Jews

We forget how dangerous it was for a non-Jew to help a Jew.

RIP Miep Gies

[dflprincess]

17. A quote from the line in the OP

"We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need." - Miep Gies

Godspeed Mrs. Gies.

[proteus_lives]

18. RIP and Godspeed Miep Gies.

She has earned her place among the honored dead.

[ruggerson]

19. This is what a heroine looks like n/t

[PSzymeczek]

20. A true heroine has gone

I am grateful for her life.

[Skittles]

21. thank you Miep

[PSzymeczek]

22. Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100

Source: BBC

Miep Gies, the last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, has died in the Netherlands aged 100.

She and other employees of Anne Frank's father Otto supplied food to the family as they hid in a secret annex above the business premises in Amsterdam.

Anne's diary of their life in hiding, which ended in betrayal, is one of the most famous records of the Holocaust.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/news_summary/8070822.stm

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A true heroine is gone.

[rockymountaindem]

23. Well, there's a good person who didn't die young

RIP

[Fearless]

27. K&R!

[abq e streeter]

24. What a wonderful, brave human being

[rasputin1952]

25. RIP Ms. Gies , you showed great courage duing a time of

one of the most tragic events in human history. You were a witness to tie depths of depravity humanity can fall too, you stood form when others fell to their knees in subservience, or worse, aided those that murdered innocent people.

If indeed there is a heaven, you have earned your wings...I, as a part of humanity sincerely thank you.

[applegrove]

26. What a hero.

[suffragette]

28. A courageous woman

with a beautiful soul.

RIP

[aquart]

29. I hope her death was peaceful and painless, surrounded by love.

As I do for every righteous gentile.

[annm4peace]

30. I had the great opportunity to her her speak in Fresno, CA many years ago

She must have been in her 80's. She was so down to earth.
She told us of Anne, and the family and what they did to hide the family. Very incredible.

and when asked why did she risk her and her husband's life.. she said "how could I not ?"

It is a miracle she and her husband where not executed.

[suffragette]

37. when asked why did she risk her and her husband's life.. she said "how could I not ?"

Thanks so much for sharing your encounter with her.

Years ago, I visited the Anne Frank house & museum and was overwhelmed from the moment I stepped past the bookcase door into the rooms.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

31. RIP Miep Gies

Your bravery, heroism, courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten. You were one of my heroes growing up, firstly when I read the Diary of Anne Frank and then secondly when I read your memoirs.

May you all be reunited in the next life. My deepest, sincerest and most heartfelt thoughts, prayers, condolences and sympathies go out to Miep's family and friends. An angel has left this earth

[AlienGirl]

32. May she have a soft waking and a good morning. RIP Miep. Heroism is rare and should be honored

It is rare for a person to do the right thing against bad odds.

Tucker

[No Elephants]

33. A real Profile in Courage. Rest well, soldier.

So glad she had relatively a long life. I hope it was a very good one.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

34. If there's a heaven, they waved her right through the checkpoint

Gies remained humble about her heroism to the end and always wished she could have done more.

[Hekate]

35. The world is fortunate to have had Miep Gies and others like her walk this earth with us...

Her generation is passing from us swiftly, but I have met a few, including the mother of a man I've known for many years. He still speaks with a pronounced Dutch accent, and is a successful builder in our area. Someone from the local Jewish congregation discovered that there were Holocaust survivors here who remembered very well the name of the woman who hid them. If it hadn't been for the publicity about the ceremony to honor her, Mr. H never would have known -- Franks says he was just a child at the time, and the profound import of what his mother was doing simply didn't sink in until much later. The people she rescued had children and they had children, thus there is a saying that someone who saves the life of one person, it is as if they saved a whole world.

I was about Anne Frank's age when I read her "Diary" and was incredibly moved. As we all do, I wondered if I would have the courage of the Franks and their protectors if I ever had cause to...

Rest with the angels, Miep Gies.

Hekate

[AngryAmish]

36. too soon, too soon

[marshall]

38. Best wishes to her son and three grandchildren

I know they are proud of their mother and grandmother.