Biography and Connection to The Holocaust/Anne Frank Miep Gies Biography and Connection to The Holocaust/Anne Frank
Biography Born – Feb. 15, 1909 – Vienna, Austria 1920 – Moved to Netherlands (Holland)
1933 – Met Otto Frank
1941 – Married Jan Gies
July 1942- August 1944 – Helped to hide the Frank Family 1950 – Son Paul Born
Has received many awards 1997 – Knighted by Queen of Austria 2009 – Celebrated her 100th birthday
Connection to Anne Frank Request for Help – “Yes, of course.” The Frank Family: Otto, Edith, Margot & Anne
The Van Pels Family :Hermann, Augusta & Peter
Fritz Pfeffer
The Helpers: Johannes Klein, Victor Kugler and Bep Voskuijl
The Secret Annex
Helping Supplies – essentials and non-essentials Information Emotional Support Risk – Prison Camp, deportation, death
The Diary Finds and protects diary – August 1944 Gives to Otto Publishing – 1947 Speaker: “We were not heroes. We did our duty as human beings” Book – Anne Frank Remembered Died Jan. 11, 2010 100 Years Old