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“But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.”

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Miep Gies

“I don't want to be considered a hero. 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? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.”

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Miep Gies

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 http://web.archive.org/web/20100113212438/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_obit_miep_gies (January 12, 2010)

“People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.”

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“I myself am just an ordinary woman. I simply had no choice.”

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Miep Gies

Jewish Virtual Library http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Miep_Gies.html