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Jan 26, 1993 · Jan Gies was Miep’s husband. Although he was not employed at Otto Frank's company, he was involved as a member of the Supervisory Board and was one of the helpers of the people in hiding. He could often be found in the Secret Annex and provided books and distribution coupons.
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 ...
Apr 26, 2023 · Starting in May 1943, Miep and Jan Gies hid a 23-year-old Dutch student named Kuno van der Horst (pictured below) in their home. He went into hiding after refusing to sign a declaration of loyalty to the Nazis.
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.
May 12, 2023 · Thirteen years after Gies’ death at age 100, a limited series from National Geographic that’s streaming on Hulu and Disney+, focuses on the life of Anne’s protector. Titled “ A Small Light ,” the...
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Although she counted several agreeable young men among her friends, there was one that really caught her eye. He was ' (...) a very tall, well-dressed, highly appealing Dutchman a few years older than I. His name was Jan Gies. (...) I found Jan most attractive. His thick fair hair gleamed.
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.
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