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- Jan Augustus Gies (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑŋ ˈɣis]; 18 August 1905 – 26 January 1993) was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife, Miep, helped hide Anne Frank, her sister Margot, their parents Otto and Edith, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer from Nazi persecution during the occupation of the Netherlands by aiding them as they resided in the Secret Annex.
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Jan Gies. Jan and Miep Gies on their wedding day on July 16, 1941 Besides her office job, Miep Gies had a busy social life. She enjoyed social events and, as so many of her peers, attended dancing lessons. During the 'free style dancing' organized on Friday and Saturday evenings, she and her friends would practice what they had learnt in the ...
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- Who Was Miep Gies?
- Early Life
- Working Life
- Hiding The Franks
- Death and Legacy
Miep Gies was born in Vienna to Austrian parents, but because of illness and impoverishment, she was sent to the Netherlands for care and bonded with her foster family. She married a Dutch man and worked for Otto Frank, becoming close with his family. She, along with several colleagues, hid the Franks in a secret annex to the office for more than t...
Miep Gies was born Hermine Santruschitz (Santrouschitz in Dutch) on February 15, 1909, in Vienna, Austria, the second daughter of working-class Austrian parents. Because there was little work and food shortages were frequent in the wake of World War I, Hermine was accepted into a Dutch program for malnourished children. In December 1920, she was pl...
Miep finished her schooling at 18 and got a job in the office of a textile company, where she worked until she was 24, when she was laid off due to the Depression. After several months of unemployment, a neighbor alerted Miep to a possible position at Nederlandsche Opekta, a company that provided ingredients for making jam. She interviewed with Ott...
In June 1942, considering the worsening situation for the Jews, the Franks decided to go into hiding in the secret annex of their office building. Along with a select few others, Miep agreed to be a "helper," bringing them food that she would gather from different grocers with illegal ration cards her husband had procured as part of the Dutch resis...
Miep Gies died on January 11, 2010, in a nursing home after a fall, just a month shy of her 101st birthday. She published a memoir, Anne Frank Remembered, in 1987, which provides an illuminating bridge to the Secret Annex. As a woman of courage and conviction, she toured and lectured on the lessons of the Holocaust and Anne Frank's legacy, but Miep...
Jan 9, 2024 · Though a proud Dutchwoman until her death, Hermine Gies – more commonly known by her affectionate nickname Miep – wasn’t actually Dutch by birth. Miep was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1909, where she lived through the horrors of World War I.
Jan 26, 1993 · Husband of Maria Margaretha Geertruida Netten — married 13 Dec 1928 (to 7 Nov 1940) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland. Husband of Hermine (Santrouschitz) Gies — married 16 Jul 1941 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland. Father of Paul Gies. Died 26 Jan 1993 at age 87 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- October 18, 1905
- January 26, 1993
The wedding of Jan Gies and Maria Margaretha Geertruida Netten took place on 13 December 1928 in Amsterdam. The marriage was made possible through the intervention of the Cantonal Judge. Jan's brother-in-law J.H.A. van Steenvelt was a witness, together with the fiancé of a sister of the bride.
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.
Apr 12, 2011 · 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 Nazis during World War II, dies at age 100 in...
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