I have been neglecting this blog lately, but I have to mention the 100th birthday of Miep Gies, who is still alive. She is the person who rescued Anne's diary (in assorted notebooks) and photos the day the hiding place was raided. If it were not for her considerate and quick thinking, these items would have been hauled off by the Nazis along with everything else. Further, Miep had been one of the most active helpers to the entire group in hiding. Anne wrote about Miep many times in her diary. Google's list of news articles