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Jan 26, 1993 · 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.
May 22, 2023 · 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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A Small Light asserts 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). Bot...
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. 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 Light fact-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 Be...
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...
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.
The title was taken from a Miep Gies quote from later in her life. "I don't like being called a hero because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others," she said. "Even an ordinary secretary, housewife, or teenager can turn on a small light in a dark room."
Yes. Bel Powley told the Jewish Journalthat the sets that were built in Prague for the series are "complete replicas" of Otto Frank's business and annex at Prinsengracht 263. "They built it on levels, so ... you could film them walking from the office all the way back into the annex up the stairs. Marc Holmes, our artistic director, is an absolutel...
Yes. Part of what makes the Frank family's story so heartbreaking is that they survived in hiding for more than two years before the annex was raided by Dutch police officers on August 4, 1944. After spending a few days in prison, they were put on a train to the Westerbork transit camp. A few weeks later, they were sent on the very last train to th...
Yes. While the Frank family was in hiding, Miep Gies was aware that Anne Frank was keeping a diary. After the raid, Miep Gies went to the secret annex at Prinsengracht 263 to see if she could gather some personal belongings to keep for the Franks. It was then that she found Anne Frank's notebooks and papers lying on the floor. Miep kept Anne's writ...
Yes. Miep and Jan Gies had a son named Paul, who was born in 1950, half a decade after the war ended.
Feb 12, 1993 · Read our. Jan Gies, Resistance worker, died Amsterdam 26 January, aged 87. Supplied members of the Dutch underground with food during the Second World War. He and his wife, Miep, looked after...
Jan 26, 1993 · Jan Gies Jan Gies, like his wife Miep, helped the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Person. Jan Augustus Gies; Born on: Aug. 18, 1905; Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland; Died on: Jan. 26, 1993; Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland; Persoonsbewijs van Jan Gies, 19 november 1943
May 2, 2023 · Miep Gies passed away in 2010 at 100 years old. In the eighties, she and today’s ... story of Miep and Jan Gies purely by happenstance. ... sort of knew his wife had died somehow because he was ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Today Jan Gies would be 118 years old. Dutch Resistance member; Dutch Righteous Among the Nations; World War II humanitarian – Jan Gies was born in Amsterdam (Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands) on August 18th, 1905 and died in Amsterdam (Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands) on January 26th, 1993 at the age of 87.
