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Miep Gies
Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank (1909–2010)
Miep Gies | |
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Gies in 1987 | |
| Born | Hermine Santrouschitz 15 February 1909 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 January 2010(2010-01-11) (aged 100) Hoorn, Netherlands |
| Known for | Hiding Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank and her family, from the Nazis; keeping Anne's diary |
| Spouse | Jan Gies (m. 1941; died 1993) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | miepgies.com |
Hermine "Miep" Gies (Dutch:[mipˈxis];[a]née Santrouschitz; 15 February 1909 – 11 January 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto Frank, Margot Frank, Edith Frank) and four 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 foste