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Miep Gies, died on January 11, 2010 at the age of 100. Jan Gies, Miep's husband, died in 1993. Find out more about Miep's story by reading her interview with Scholastic Network students.
Portrait of Miep Gies in the mid 1930s After Miep Santruschitz left school at the age of 18, she first found a job as office assistant at a textile company. She worked there for six years, until she was laid off in 1933 on account of the economic crisis. Now aged 24, she remained unemployed for a few months, since it was difficult to find a new ...
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. She went on to become a grandmother and live in Amsterdam until her death.
Jan 12, 2010 · Miep Gies, Anne Frank protector, dies at 100. Gies helped hide Anne Frank, seven others from Nazis in Amsterdam. After hiding place was raided, Gies found Anne's diary and kept it until after the ...
May 22, 2023 · Last month, National Geographic premiered their new limited series A Small Light, which tells the harrowing true story of Miep Gies ( Bel Powley ), the woman who was responsible for helping hide ...
Jan 12, 2010 · Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager's diary, has died, the Anne Frank Museum said Tuesday. She was ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Miep Gies was the one who helped sustain the Franks in their hiding place, and who later, after the Germans found out about the "Secret Annex" and raided it, scooped up Anne's diary and notes, to save them for posterity. This is her story. And some story it is.
