ANNE FRANK HEROINE DIES AGED 100
ABOVE: Miep Gies, who helped Anne Frank's family hide from the Nazis, has died aged 100
Miep Gies, who helped the family of teenage diarist Anne Frank hide from the Nazis, has 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 on Monday after a short illness.
Maatje Mostart, a spokeswoman for the the Anne Frank 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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