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Miep Gies

Miep Gies was a Dutch-born Holocaust survivor and author, renowned for her role in hiding Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Born on February 15, 1909, and passing away on January 11, 2010, Gies dedicated her life to the memory of those she saved and the lessons of the Holocaust. more

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“The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I have heard one torturer even say, 'I thank God, in whom I don't believe, that I have lived to this hour when I can express all the evil in my heart.' He expressed it in unbelievable brutality and torture inflected on prisoners.”