"(Gies was asked if Anne Frank would have been in love with Peter (Van Pels) forever.)"
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(Audience laughs) — Miep Gies 1994 Wallenberg Lecture
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Miep Gies
Hermine "Miep" Gies (née Santruschitz; 15 February 1909 – 11 January 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto Frank, Margot Frank, Edith Frank-Holländer) and four other Jews (Fritz Pfeffer, Hermann van Pels, Auguste van Pels, Peter van Pels) from the Nazis in an annex above Anne's father's business premises during World War II.
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