Jan Gies
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Dutch citizen who hid Anne FrankJan 11, 2010 · 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.
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Jan Gies was Miep’s husband. Although he was not employed at...
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Helper Miep Gies was one of the office staff. After the war,...
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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.
Miep and Jan Gies with plaque, 1987. In 1994, Gies was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the Wallenberg Medal by the University of Michigan. The following year, Gies received the Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations medal.
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May 12, 2023 · ‘A Small Light’ Tells the Story of Miep Gies, Who Hid Anne Frank From the Nazis. The new series dramatizes the risks Gies and other helpers took to protect the Jewish residents of the Secret...
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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 ...
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- Jan Augustus Gies, 18 October 1905, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Helper Miep Gies was one of the office staff. After the war, she said: ‘A short man came in, holding a revolver that was pointed at me.’. The police officers walked into Victor Kugler's office: as the managing director, he was responsible for the business operations. They questioned him and took him with them to search the building.
Apr 3, 2014 · Due to a lucky connection of her uncle's in the Viennese civil service, Miep was able to get her birth certificate in the requisite time. She and Jan Gies married on July 16, 1941, with Otto...
