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Miep Gies [1909-2010] Dutch
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Hermine Santruschitz, better known as Miep Gies, was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Anne's father's business premises during World War II. 


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Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?
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I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.
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Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.
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Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage.
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Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.
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