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Apr 23, 1987 · There were Miep and Jan Gies’ identity cards; here was the yellow star Dutch Jews were ordered to wear. At last she settled on the picture she had been looking for: Anne Frank in 1937, standing ...
Apr 12, 2011 · Miep Gies was born into a working-class, Catholic family in Vienna, Austria, on February 15, 1909. At age 11, ... Gies, along with her husband Jan, a Dutch social worker, and several of Otto Frank ...
Jan Gies (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑŋ ˈɣis]; 18 October 1905 – 26 January 1993) was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife Miep, helped hide Anne Frank and her family from Nazi persecution during the occupation of the Netherlands. Jan Augustus Gies (also known as Henk van Santen in The Diary of Anne Frank) was born and raised in Amsterdam's south side. He met his future wife ...
May 1, 2023 · Miep and Jan Gies, years later, stand by the bookcase that hid a secret entrance to the hiding place of Anne Frank, her family and four others in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam Alison Leslie Gold
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May 6, 2023 · The interest in Anne's diary is hardly surprising, but A Small Light offers a different perspective in telling the story of Miep and Jan Gies, two ordinary people made exceptional by their courage ...
May 17, 2023 · After the war, Jan Gies continued to live a relatively private life. He passed away in 1993 at 87 due to kidney failure, surrounded by his loved ones. Jan was survived by his wife, Miep Gies, who lived until 2010. Regarding Miep Gies’ son, Paul Gies, there is limited information about his life. Paul was born in 1950, and he is their only child.
