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In this 1998 photo Miep Gies, seen in front of a painting of Anne Frank, in her apartment in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Anne Frank called them the Helpers. They provided food, books and good cheer while her family hid for two years from the Nazis in a tiny attic apartment. On Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, the last surviving helper, Miep Gies, celebrates her 100th birthday, saying she has won more accolades for helping the Frank family than she deserved as if, she says, she tried to save all the Jews of occupied Holland. (AP Photo/Steve North)