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Miep Gies Is Dead

Anne Frank protector who saved diaries after arrest was 100
By Jesse Oxfeld | 9:58 PM Jan 11, 2010

Miep Gies, who with three others sheltered eight Dutch Jews from the Nazis in a secret annex to Otto Frank’s Amsterdam office during World War II, died Monday night at the age of 100. She was an employee of Frank’s business who helped protect the Frank family; another family, the van Pels; and her dentist, ...

Anne Frank, YouTuber

The famous diarist’s latest online presence
By Jesse Oxfeld | 3:00 PM Sep 30, 2009

This should be noted: Anne Frank now has a YouTube channel. “The site contains existing and new images, including the only known video footage of Anne—a shot a few seconds-long of her leaning out of an upstairs window during the wedding of a neighbour in July 1941,” reports London’s Telegraph today. There’s also an interview ...

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A Frank Reader

Francine Prose on Anne Frank’s overlooked abilities as a writer
By Vox Tablet | 7:00 AM Sep 29, 2009

In Reading Like a Writer, Francine Prose advised aspiring writers that the best way to hone their craft is to read works of great literature closely, word by word. In her new book, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, Prose applies that method to the famous young diarist’s work. By Prose’s ...