Miep Gies: Woman Who Hid Anne Frank and Saved Her Diary Dies at 100

Miep Gies was a Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation. Born Hermine Santruschitz on February 15, 1909, in Vienna, she was sent to the Netherlands as a child and later worked for Otto Frank.

From 1942 to 1944 she and other colleagues brought food and news to the eight people in hiding at the Prinsengracht annex in Amsterdam. After the Gestapo raid, she gathered Anne's diary papers and kept them, unread, until Otto returned from Auschwitz and she gave them to him.

She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and wrote Anne Frank Remembered. She was married to Jan Gies, and they had a son. Gies died in Hoorn, the Netherlands, on January 11, 2010, at age 100.

Achievements: Righteous Among the Nations, author of Anne Frank Remembered.

Birth: February 15, 1909 - Vienna, Austria.

Profession: Secretary and resistance helper.

Interesting Facts: She never read the diary until after Anne's death was confirmed.