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Hermine " Miep " Gies ( Dutch: [mip ˈxis]; [a] née Santrouschitz; 15 February 1909 [1] – 11 January 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family ( Otto Frank, Margot Frank, Edith Frank) and four other Dutch Jews ( Fritz Pfeffer, Hermann van Pels, Auguste van Pels, Peter van Pels) from the Nazis in an annex above Otto ...
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- 11 January 2010 (aged 100), Hoorn, Netherlands
Jan 11, 2010 · Miep Gies was one of the helpers of the people hiding in the Secret Annex during World War II. She worked as a typist for Otto Frank's business and kept Anne's writings in a drawer of her desk. She died in 2010, one hundred years old. Learn more about her life story, her role in Anne's survival, and her legacy.
May 12, 2023 · Miep Gies was an ordinary person who risked everything to help others during World War II. A Small Light is a limited series from National Geographic that dramatizes her life and legacy, based on her memoir and original research. The series follows her transformation from a carefree young woman to a hero who safeguarded Anne Frank's diary and hid other Jews in the Secret Annex.
- Meilan Solly
Apr 12, 2011 · Miep Gies was a Dutch secretary who helped Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis during World War II. She rescued Anne's diary and later published it as a book that became a classic of Holocaust literature.
- Missy Sullivan
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Apr 3, 2014 · Miep Gies was a Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, and saved her diaries. She was a foster mother, a businesswoman, and a Holocaust survivor. Learn about her life, her work, her legacy, and her quotes from this web page.
Miep Gies is known as the woman who saved Anne Frank's diary and helped her people in hiding from World War II. She shares her memories of the period, her job, and her relationship with Anne Frank in this interview from 1992. Learn how she coped with the challenges, the penalties, and the joys of being a helper.
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Apr 27, 2023 · Learn about Miep Gies, the courageous office worker who risked her life to protect the Frank family and their diaries from the Nazis. Watch the miniseries A Small Light, based on her story and interviews with her.
