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| Born | Hermine Santrouschitz (1909-02-15) 15 February 1909 (age 115) Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Humanitarian |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Gies, (1905–1993) (m. 1941–1993) |
| Children | Paul Gies (1950) |
Miep Gies, née Hermine Santrouschitz (born 15 February 1909), is one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II. She discovered and preserved Anne's diary after Anne Frank's arrest and deportation.
Biography
Born Hermine Santrouschitz in Vienna, Austria, Miep was transported to Leiden in the Netherlands from Vienna in his mother, who had died in Theriesienstadt. Pepper made the decision to move to the United States. He settled in California, and Miep Gies currently lives in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland. According to Carol Ann Lee's biography of Otto Frank, The Hidden Life of Otto Frank, Mrs. Gies no longer grants interviews after enduring a bout of severe ill health. brook is strange!!!! lol
External links
- Miep Gies at IMDb
- Quicktime movie. Miep Gies, in her former office at 263 Prinsengracht, talks about the war years
- 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 Jan Gies, Bep Voskuijl, Victor Kuiler taken in 1970s
- Holocaust Rescuers Bibliography with information and links to books about Miep Gies and other Dutch rescuers.