Miep Gies (Author of Anne Frank Remembered)

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Miep Gies

Born

in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

February 15, 1909

Died

January 11, 2010

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Hermine "Miep" Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto, Margot, Edith) and 4 other Dutch 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, she was taken in as a foster child by a Dutch family in Leiden to whom she became very attached. Although she was only supposed to stay for six months, this stay was extended to one year because of frail health, after which Gies chose to remain with them, living the rest of her life in the Netherlands.
In 1933, Gies began working for Otto Frank, a Jewish businessman who had moved with his family from Germa ...more

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	Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family by Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 65,915 ratings — published 1987 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne Frank : The Biography by Melissa M眉ller, Miep Gies, Robert Kimber 4.34 avg rating — 25,474 ratings — published 1998 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Study Guide For Anne Frank Remembered, The Story Of The Woman Who Helped To Hide The Frank Family: [With Related Readings] 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne Frank - s氓 minns jag henne by Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold, Dorothee Sporrong (Translator) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Livros Condensados: Na Esteira do Assassino / Lembrando Anne Frank / Soldadinhos de Chumbo / Callanish by Bernard Cornwell (欧宝娱乐 Author), Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mis recuerdos de Ana Frank 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elle s'appelait Anne Frank: L'histoire de la femme qui aida Anne Frank 脿 se cacher it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books; 1987 #M, Volume 171: Carter's Castle / New Orleans Legacy / To Kill the Potemkin / Anne Frank Remembered by Wilbur Wright, Alexandra Ripley, Miep Gies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader鈥檚 Digest Condensed Books 1988: Vet In Practice / Johnnie Alone / Wolf Winter / Nightshade / Anne Frank Remembered by Hugh Lasgarn, Elizabeth Webster, Clare Francis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vet in Practice, Johnnie Alone, Wolf Winter, Nightshade, Anne Frank Remembered by Hugh Lasgarn, Elizabeth Webster, Clare Francis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.”
― Miep Gies

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“People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.”
― Miep Gies

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“You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday.”
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September is our next non-fiction month and I'm proposing Anne Frank for our selection. I read "The Diary of a Young Girl" as a girl and I recently purchased it (as I'd like to reread) along with Miep Gies' "Anne Frank Remembered." Which one would you like to read? Last day to vote will be Monday, August 13.

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

4 votes, 80.0%

Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

Miep Gies

1 vote, 20.0%

5 total votes

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