Miep Gies
BY: Abirami
Concepts to Know
- Holocaust- The systematic mass killing of Jews in concentration camps during world war two
- Concentration Camp- A place where large amounts of people are imprisoned in a small area awaiting persecution
- Anne Frank- A German born diarist, one of the most widely known victims of the Holocaust
- Otto Frank- Anne Frank's dad, the sole survivor of the Frank family, Miep Gies' employer
Who was Miep Gies?
- A Holocaust Hero
- Helped Anne Frank and her family hide from Nazis
- Saved only remnants of Anne Frank's diaries
- Saved the lives of many Jewish children that were held in concentration camps
Early Life
- Born on February 15, 1909
- Born in Austria, although raised in the Netherlands
- Orphaned at a young age because family income was low
- Raised by a foster family
- Miep Gies was a name given to her by her foster parents, her real name was Hermine Santrouschitz
Career
- First job was an office worker
- Fired because unemployment rates grew high
- Got married to Jan Gies, a Dutch man
- Second job (making jam from a substance called pectin)involved working with Anne Frank's dad, Otto Frank
- Given opportunity to join Nazi club for girls, Gies refused
- Gies hated Hitler, wanted him to die
- Helped Franks go into hiding
- Saved lives of many Jewish children
- Saved Anne Frank's diaries from the Jews
Later Life
- Retired in 1947 to become a homemaker
- Gave birth to a son Paul at age 41
- Lived until age 100
- Died on January 11, 2010
- Wrote book called "Anne Frank Remembered" at age 97