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Miep Gies: The courage to resist injustice

News of the death of Miep Gies reminds us that an ordinary Dutch family summoned extraordinary courage to shield German refugees, the Franks, from the Gestapo. Until the Nazis invaded Holland, Anne Frank’s family had been able to find work and safety in their adoptive country. If they had fled to present day Britain, the [...]

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