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   Jan Augustus Gies ( Dutch pronunciation: [jɑŋ ˈɣis]; [a] 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 ...

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3. www.annefrank.org › main-characters › jan-giesJan Gies | Anne Frank House

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   Died: 26 January 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.

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   His reading material lending service business grew to become the COMO reading library. Every week Jan collected books here for the people hiding in the Secret Annex. As the husband of Miep and the commissioner of the firm Gies & Co, Jan was closely involved with the people in hiding.

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   Who was Jan Gies?

   • 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 met the Frank family through his fiancée, Miep Santrouschitz.

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   How old was Jan Gies when he died?

   • Unlike Miep, Jan would always stay in the background when it came to Anne and the Secret Annex. He usually accompanied Miep when she was interviewed or told her story. He would jokingly refer to himself as the ‘prince consort’. Jan Gies died on 26 January 1993, 87 years old.

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   What happened to Miep & Jan Gies?

   • The betrayal that led to the arrest of the eight people in hiding on Prinsengracht, and their subsequent deportation to various concentration camps, did not lead to the arrest of Miep and Jan Gies. When Otto Frank arrived on Miep and Jan's doorstep in the summer of 1945, he would continue to live with them until 1953.

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   Who was Jan Augustus Gies?

   • Jan Gies, like his wife Miep, helped the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Fotograaf onbekend. Fotocollectie: Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam 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.

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6. www.miepgies.nl › en › BiographyMiep Gies :: Jan Gies

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   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 preceding ...

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7. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › a-small-light'A Small Light' Tells the Story of Miep Gies, Who Hid Anne ...

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   May 12, 2023 · Starring Bel Powley as Miep Gies; Joe Cole (of “Peaky Blinders” fame) as her husband, Jan; and Liev Schreiber as Otto, “A Small Light” draws heavily on Gies’ memoir and the showrunners ...

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8. www.yadvashem.org › righteous › storiesHermine (Miep) and Jan Augustus Gies | Righteous Among the ...

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   On March 8, 1972, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Augustus Gies and his wife, Hermine (Miep) Gies-Santrouschitz, as Righteous Among the Nations.

9. www.annefrank.org › en › anne-frankReconstruction: the arrest of the people in hiding | Anne ...

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   Jan Gies, the husband of helper Miep, came by to have lunch with the people in hiding, as he often did. Miep warned him about the presence of the police officers and Jan immediately left and went back to his place of work. There he reflected: what could he do?