Read the following excerpt from "Woman Who Helped Hide Anne Frank Dies at 100" by Teri Schultz. TERI SCHULTZ: Miep Gies said she did not like being called a hero. Yet, she risked her life many times over to help the Frank family during the two years they hid from the Nazis in a secret annex built into the Trading Company office in Amsterdam where she'd worked for Otto Frank almost a decade. Providing refuge to Jews, she noted later, carried a punishment of at least six months in a concentration camp. Still, the Austrian-born Dutch woman, knighted by the governments of Germany and the Netherlands, recipient of a medal from Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, always insisted she had done nothing extraordinary. Which answer best summarizes the central idea of the excerpt? After the war, Miep Gies received many honors for her attempts to save the Frank family. Miep Gies provided refuge to a Jewish family, even though she could have been punished. Although Miep Gies never considered herself a hero; after the war, many other people did. Miep Gies was knighted by two governments and received a medal from Yad Vashem.

The sentence best summarizing the central idea of the excerpt is, Although Miep Gies never considered herself a hero; after the war, many other people did.

The given excerpt is acknowledging about Miep Gies, it says that:

Although she did not like to be called a hero, people considered her to be the hero.
She risked herself to help the Frank family for hiding themself for two years in a secret annex
She also provided refuge to a Jewish family.
For helping the Frank family she was awarded.

Other statements are also correct, but the selected sentence best suits the entire excerpt about Miep Gies.

Therefore, the sentence which best describes Miep Gies for the given excerpt is: she did not consider herself as a hero; after the war, but other people considered her as a hero after her help to the Frank family, and her other support to other people.

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