I was saddened recently to read of the death of Miep Gies, aged 100. As a young woman during the Nazi occupation of Holland, she had helped protect Anne Frank's family for as long as she could and, following the final raid on the old Amsterdam jam factory, found and safeguarded Anne's diary manuscript. Wartime acts of courage, simple decency and far sightedness that made Miep a figure of humanitarian respect and affection for the rest of her long, kindly and thoughtful life.
RIP Miep.
