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I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

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Miep Gies
Age: 100 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 15
Died: 2010
Died: January 11
Celebrity
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Hermine Santruschitz
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