Miep Gies, the woman who hid the Dutch girl Anne Frank's diary from the Nazis to become one of the world's most-read books, died after a brief illness at the age of 100.   It was Gies who guarded Anne's diary, and presented it to the girl's father, Otto, when he returned from the Auschwitz concentration camp  at the end of World War II--the only one of his family to survive.   In her diary, Anne Frank wrote about her teenage life hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944, when the Nazi police discovered her and her family's hiding place. The diary, first published in 1947, has been translated into 70 languages.   Anne Frank expressed a great wish to live on after death. Miep Gies saw it as her duty to help in making this happen.   Born in Vienna in 1909, Gies moved to the Netherlands at the age of 11. In 1933, she began working for Otto Frank at his trading company. At great risk to her own safety, she and four other helpers brought food and supplies to the Frank family hiding in a secret office building for more than two years.   When she turned 100,  _ . "I'm not a hero," she said. " It wasn't something I planned in advance. I simply did what I could to help."   Every day she received letters from all over the world with questions about her relationship with Anne Frank and her role as a helper. Gies received many honors for her role, including from the Netherlands, Germany and Israel. What can we infer  from the passage?
Miep Gies died at the age of 100 after a brief illness. Otto protected his daughter's diary in the war and then had it published. Miep Gies did a great favor to Anne's family. Miep Gies helped Anne's family though she knew none of the family members.