Miep Gies

Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Hermine Santruschitz

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Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Death: January 11, 2010 (100)
Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Place of Burial: Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Biological daughter of Mathias Santruschitz and Karoline Santrouschitz
Foster daughter of Genofeva Jakuschitz
Wife of Jan Gies
Mother of Private

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About Miep Gies

Hermine Santruschitz = Miep Gies

During the Second World War, Miep Gies, along with Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Bep Voskuijl, Jan Gies and Johan Voskuijl, made up a team of helpers for the eight Jewish people hiding in the Secret Annex at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. The office of Otto Frank, where Miep worked as secretary, was located at the front side of the same building.

Following the betrayal and the deportation of the hiders, Miep and her colleague Bep made sure that the diary of the youngest of the group, Anne Frank, did not fall into the hands of the German occupier. Miep stored Anne's writings in a drawer of her desk, unread, and gave them to Anne's father when he returned after the war, as the only survivor of the concentration camps. He saw to it that Anne's legacy was published in 1947 with the title Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex).

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Miep Gies's Timeline

1909
February 15, 1909
Vienna, Austria
2010
January 11, 2010
Age 100
Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
January 18, 2010
Age 100
Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands