Miep Gies, who risked her life for two and a half years sheltering eight Jews, including Anne Frank, from the Nazis, passed away on January 11, 2010 at the age of 100.
Francine Prose, author of Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, has written a memorial essay in the Wall Street Journal.
Quote: "Even or especially now, she might be the person we think of first during those moments when we ask ourselves if the actions of one person can make any difference."
Quote: "Even or especially now, she might be the person we think of first during those moments when we ask ourselves if the actions of one person can make any difference."
