Miep Gies: Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank
Miep Gies, née Hermine Santrouschitz (born 15 February 1909; died 11 January 2010), was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II.
She found and kept Anne's diary after Anne Frank was found and sent away by the Nazis. Although Gies did not read the diary (as she gave it to Otto Frank immediately after recovering it from the annex and thought it would be rude to read), it has become very successful worldwide.
Miep Gies | |
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| Born | Hermine Santrouschitz 15 February 1909 |
| Died | 11 January 2010 (aged 100) |
| Cause of death | Fall |
| Occupation | Humanitarian |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Gies (m. 1941; died 1993) |
| Children | 1 |
'I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who did what I did or more – much more – during those dark and terrible times years ago, but always like yesterday in the hearts of those of us who bear witness. Never a day goes by that I do not think of what happened then.', Miep Gies stated on her own website.
Other websites
- Authorised website of Miep Gies
- Miep Gies on IMDb
- Quicktime movie. Miep Gies, in her former office at 263 Prinsengracht, talks about the war years Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Quicktime movie. Miep Gies remembers how she met Anne Frank
- Profile of Miep Gies by the Anne Frank House
- 1998 interview with Miep Gies
- Image of Miep's wartime identity card
- Photo of Miep and Jai Gies, Bip Voskuijl, Victor Kuiler taken in 1970s
- Holocaust Rescuers Bibliography with information and links to books about Miep Gies and other Dutch rescuers. Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Miep Gies at Yad Vashem website
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