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Jan 26, 1993 · Jan met the Frank family through his fiancée, Miep Santrouschitz. From 1936 onwards, he was frequently present at Saturday afternoons, when the Franks invited friends and acquaintances. When Jews were no longer allowed to own businesses, Otto Frank was grateful for Jan’s help.
Gies, Frank's employee, became a close friend of the family, as did her fiancé, Jan Gies. After refusing to join a Nazi women's association, her passport was invalidated, and she was ordered to be deported back to Austria within 90 days (by then annexed by Germany, which classified her as a German citizen).
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May 12, 2023 · Soon after the SS arrested Anne Frank on August 4, 1944, Miep Gies —one of the helpers who’d hidden the young girl from the Nazis for the past two years—snuck back into her room to see what...
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In early 1947 Miep, Jan and Otto moved again, now to Jekerstraat 65, where they moved in with a friend of Jan's who had recently become a widower. Although Otto Frank had many friends and contacts and could also have started living or staying elsewhere, he preferred to stay with Jan and Miep.
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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Apr 3, 2014 · History & Culture. Miep Gies. Hermine Santruschitz Gies, better known as Miep Gies, helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, and saved her diaries. Updated: Jul 15, 2020....
