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Miep Gies
Hermine "Miep" Gies (née Santruschitz; 15 February 1909 – 11 January 2010) (), was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto Frank, Margot Frank, Edith Frank-Holländer) and four other Jews (Fritz Pfeffer, Hermann van Pels, Auguste van Pels, Peter van Pels) from the Nazis in an annex above Otto Frank's business premises during World War II. She was Austrian by birth, but in 1920, at the age of eleven
On 11 January 2010, a month before her 101st birthday, Miep Gies died in Hoorn after suffering from a fall.
Sources.
- : "Frauen mit Visionen – 48 Europäerinnen (Women with visions – 48 Europeans)". With text by Alice Schwarzer. Munich: Knesebeck, 2004. , 88–95 p.
External links.
- Official website of Miep Gies (English)
- Profile of Miep Gies from the Anne Frank Museum
- Interview footage of Miep and Henk Gies from the Anne Frank Museum