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Jan 26, 1993 · Jan Augustus Gies was born on 18 August 1905 in the parental home Rustenburgerstraat 191, Amsterdam as the son of Cornelis Gies and Wilhelmina Gezina Steenge. He was the youngest of five children and was preceded by: Rosina Wilhelmina (Ro), Cornelis, Fenna Gesiena and Johanna Augusta.
Jan 26, 1993 · Jan Augustus Gies was born in 1905. He was the son of Cornelis Gies and Wilhelmina Gezina Steenge. He lived with his parents and siblings at the Hoogeweg 88 in Watergraafsmeer. They arrived there on May 31, 1917 from Amsterdam and left on May 3, 1919 to Amsterdam. The family consisted then of: Cornelis Gies, 3 Feb 1868, diamantslijper
- October 18, 1905
- January 26, 1993
May 2, 2023 · There’s Anne (Billie Boullet) and Margot (Ashley Brooke), teenagers faced with the unimaginable. There are queer and Jewish Dutch resistance fighters, helped along by Miep’s husband Jan Gies (Joe Cole), who at first is reluctant to help his wife’s employer. Each one of the characters in “A Small Light” is beautifully crafted and ...
Media in category "Jan Gies" The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. Anne Frank Huis geopend Miep en haar echtgenoot en Annes vader, Bestanddeelnr 912-4315.jpg 2,620 × 2,618; 1.39 MB
- Did Miep Gies Work For Otto Frank, Anne's Father?
- What Was Otto Frank's Business?
- Did Miep Gies Have A Gay Brother?
- Had Miep and Jan Gies Been Recently Married?
- Was Miep Gies A Short Woman?
- Did Otto Frank Ask Miep Gies to Help Hide His Family?
- Did The Frank Family Hide in An Annex Behind Otto Frank's Business?
- How Many People Did Miep Gies Help Hide in The Annex?
- Was Jan Gies Part of The Dutch Resistance?
- Is Miep Gies' Friend Tess Based on A Real person?
Yes. For six years, Miep Gies had worked as a typist in an embroidery and pleating workshop before losing her job when the crisis hit. Struggling to find work, an upstairs neighbor told her about another opportunity. The female neighbor worked as a representative for a business owned by a man named Otto Frank. At the time, Otto was still setting up...
The A Small Light fact-check reveals that according to the United States Holocaust Museum, Otto Frank's company, Opekta, "manufactured products used for making jellies and jams." After becoming proficient in the jam-making process, Miep Gies was promoted to customer service, where she took phone calls and responded to questions by mail (AnneFrank.o...
A Small Lightasserts that Miep Gies had a gay brother, Casmir 'Cas' Nieuwenburg, who was unrelated to her by blood. In the series, he is a son of her foster parents in Amsterdam. When she is unable to find a job, due to both laziness and a lack of employment options, her foster parents suggest that she marry her brother, Cas (Laurie Kynaston). Both...
Yes. Like in the A Small Light miniseries, the true story reveals that Miep and Jan had met at her first job and the two became romantically involved. There is some truth to the marriage starting off as a matter of convenience. Due to the fact that Miep had refused to join the Nazi women's association, her passport was invalidated and she had 90 da...
Yes. Gies stood at just 4 feet 11 inches. British actress Bel Powley, who portrays Gies in the series, is approximately 3 inches taller at 5 foot 2.
Yes. One day, Otto phoned Miep and informed her of the family's plans to go into hiding, asking her if she'd be willing to help them. The A Small Lightfact-check confirms that Miep Gies said yes without hesitation. Otto asked three other employees at the office if they'd be willing to help as well, including Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman, and Bep...
Yes. Like in the National Geographic A Small Lightminiseries, the secret annex was hidden behind a revolving bookcase in Otto Frank's shop, located at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. For more than two years, the Frank family lived in the annex. Miep Gies recalled being with the Frank family in the secret annex the day they went into hiding.
The A Small Lighttrue story reveals that Miep and her devoted husband Jan helped to hide not just the four members of the Frank family in the secret annex, but also their friends, the van Pels (including Hermann, his wife Auguste, and their 15-year-old son Peter van Pels), and Dr. Fritz Pfeffer, a local dentist. The van Pels arrived a week after th...
Yes. In Miep Gies' memoir, she talks about Jan's job in the Resistance, stating that he would visit people who had gone into hiding after they refused to go as forced laborers to Germany. He would assess the needs of these "illegal people" and then secure various supplies for them, including ration cards and money. Jan had the perfect cover for suc...
No. Miep Gies' best friend Tess (Eleanor Tomlinson) in the series is not based on a real-life individual. The character was instead inspired by all the people who harbored prejudice and turned a blind eye to what was going on as they attempted to continue living their lives in much the same way as they'd done prior to the German occupation.
Jun 18, 2021 · English: Title: Miep Gies and husband Jan Gies, Austrians who hid Anne Frank from Nazis Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [April 1987] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-01331 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Description: Jan Gies (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 Gies (Henk van Santen) was born and raised in Amsterdam's south side.
