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Hermine " Miep " Gies (Dutch: [mip ˈxis]; [a] née Santrouschitz; 15 February 1909 – 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 Frank's busin...
Jan 11, 2010 · Miep Gies was one of the helpers of the people hiding in the Secret Annex. After the arrest, she kept Anne's writings in a drawer of her desk. In 2010 she died, one hundred years old. This is her remarkable life story.
Apr 3, 2014 · Hermine Santruschitz Gies, better known as Miep Gies, helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, and saved her diaries.
May 12, 2023 · Who was Miep Gies? Born into an impoverished Catholic family in Vienna in 1909, Gies was originally named Hermine Santrouschitz.
- Meilan Solly
Apr 12, 2011 · On January 11, 2010, Miep Gies, the last survivor of a small group of people who helped hide a Jewish girl, Anne Frank, and her family from the Nazis during World War II, dies at age 100 in the...
- Missy Sullivan
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Miep Gies is mainly known as the woman who saved Anne Frank's diary. She is one of the best-known helpers from World War II. She received countless letters from all over the world, with questions about Anne Frank and the period in hiding in the Secret Annex.
Miep Gies was born in Vienna in 1909 as Hermine Santruschitz. She lived through the First World War there, and became undernourished due to the food scarcity. Fortunately for her, aged 11 she was given the opportunity to recuperate with a foster family in the Netherlands.
