Miep Gies

Miep Gies (born Hermine Santrouschitz, February 15, 1909 – January 11, 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family, and four other Jews from Nazi persecution in an annex behind Otto Frank's business premises in Amsterdam during World War II.

Gies, along with her husband Jan Gies and several other colleagues of Otto Frank, helped to provide food, supplies, and news from the outside world to the inhabitants of the "Secret Annex" (Dutch: Achterhuis) for over two years. Despite the immense danger involved in aiding Jews in hiding, Gies and her companions remained dedicated to their task.

Following the arrest of the Frank family and the other inhabitants of the annex on August 4, 1944, Gies and her colleague Bep Voskuijl preserved Anne Frank's diaries and papers, which they found scattered on the floor. After the war, she gave the diaries to Otto Frank, the only surviving member of the family. Otto Frank fulfilled Anne's wish and published the diaries, which became a worldwide phenomenon known as The Diary of a Young Girl (also known as The Diary of Anne Frank).

Miep Gies devoted much of her life after the war to promoting Anne Frank's story and speaking out against intolerance and prejudice. She received numerous awards and honors for her courage and humanitarian efforts. She co-authored the book Anne Frank Remembered with Alison Leslie Gold, published in 1987, detailing her memories of hiding the Frank family.

Miep Gies is remembered as a symbol of courage, compassion, and resistance against injustice.