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Jan 26, 1993 · 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. Jan met the Frank family through his ...
May 22, 2023 · The Austria native passed away at the age of 100 in 2010. Meanwhile, Jan lived to be 87, when he died of kidney failure in 1993. In happier times, the couple had a son named Paul. It's been reported that Miep used Anne's shawl to wrap up Paul and help her stay connected to the young girl she helped to protect.
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6 days ago · Jan Gies, a member of the Dutch resistance who smuggled food to Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation, died Tuesday, the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank Foundation said Wednesday. He was 87.
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.
Advertisement. Jan Gies, the man who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in the Amsterdam “secret annex,” died Tuesday at the age of 87. Gies, together his wife Miep, helped ...
Jan 13, 2010 · AMSTERDAM: Miep Gies, the secretary who defied the Nazis to hide Anne Frank and her family and save the Jewish teenager's diary, has died at the age of 100. Gies' website said yesterday that she ...
Jan 26, 1993 · Return Otto Frank: back in Amsterdam. Amsterdam June 3, 1945 - July 18, 1945. On 3 June 1945, Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam to his friends Jan and Miep Gies. From there he went in search of his daughters. On 18 July, he received the news that his daughters had perished in Bergen-Belsen. Soon after, Miep Gies gave him his daughter Anne's diary.
