Woman who sheltered Anne Frank dies at 100

The Anne Frank Museum said Miep Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, died at the age of 100. The Miep Gies website said the woman who rescued Anne Frank's diary after the family was arrested in 1944, died after a short...

The Anne Frank Museum said Miep Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, died at the age of 100.

The Miep Gies website said the woman who rescued Anne Frank's diary after the family was arrested in 1944, died after a short illness yesterday.

Maatje Mostart, a spokeswoman for the museum, confirmed the death but gave no details.

Ms Gies and several other employees of Anne Frank's father provided food and other necessities to the Jewish family while they hid in a concealed apartment for 25 months.

Anne Frank died of typhus in a concentration camp.

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