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Early life. Born in Vienna, Austria, to Karoline Maria Santrouschitz, [10] [11] Gies was sent to Leiden from Vienna in December 1920 to escape the food shortages prevailing in Austria after World War I.
Apr 3, 2014 · History & Culture. Miep Gies. Hermine Santruschitz Gies, better known as Miep Gies, helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, and saved her diaries. Updated: Jul 15,...
Miep Gies was born in Vienna in 1909 as Hermine Santruschitz. She lived through the First World War there, and became undernourished due to the food scarcity. Fortunately for her, aged 11 she was given the opportunity to recuperate with a foster family in the Netherlands.
Miep Gies with son Paul, Otto Frank and Jan, January 1951, in Amsterdam After having lived with Miep and Jan for seven years, in the fall of 1952 Otto Frank emigrated to Switzerland, in order to be close to his mother. In November 1953 he remarried, with a woman who had also lost most of her loved ones in the concentration camps.
Jan 11, 2010 · Born on: 15 February 1909. Daughter to: Karoline Santrouschitz, father unknown. Sister to: unknown. Married to: Jan Gies, 16 July 1941. Child: Paul Gies (1950) Died: 11 January 2010. Miep Gies was one of the helpers of the people hiding in the Secret Annex. After the arrest, she kept Anne's writings in a drawer of her desk.
Apr 12, 2011 · January | 11. On January 11, 2010, Miep Gies, the last survivor of a small group of people who helped hide a Jewish girl, Anne Frank, and her family from the...
Miep Gies has been honored around the world for her moral courage. In Israel the Yad Vashem Memorial pays tribute to her as a Righteous Gentile. Miep Gies died at age 100 in the Netherlands on January 11, 2010. Sources: The Wallenberg Endowment/University of Michigan, JT. Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with ...
