Shortly before her death, Miep Gies said: “Never a day goes by that I do not think of what happened then.” On August 4, 1944, Austrian-born SS Staff Sergeant Karl Josef Silberbauer and three Dutch ...

Dutch Holocaust rescuer Miep Gies is best known for hiding Anne Frank, but Gies also battled Amsterdam’s German occupiers in ways that never made it into “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Beginning on May ...

Just seven years ago this week, the world lost a brave and compassionate soul — at the ripe age of 100. Miep Gies, an Austrian turned Dutch citizen, was one of a handful of people who helped secure ...

Miep Gies with her book, “Anne Frank Remembered.” Photo by Steve North. In the first half of 1929, two baby girls were born to Jewish families living in and near Frankfurt, Germany. One, sweet and ...

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In the first half of 1929, two baby girls were born to Jewish families living in and near Frankfurt, Germany. One, sweet and dark-haired, had an older sister; the other, a smiling redhead, was an only ...

Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager's diary, has died, the Anne Frank Museum said Tuesday. She was 100.

Miep Gies, who played a pivotal role in introducing to the world the poignant diary of the young Anne Frank and in relating the Frank family’s failed attempt to hide from the Nazis, has died. She was ...

Miep Gies, who died on January 11 aged 100, was one of a Dutch couple who hid and sustained the family of Anne Frank for more than two years in an Amsterdam attic; later she helped to save Anne ...

Miep Gies, who helped Anne Frank and her family avoid capture by the Nazis for more than two years and safeguarded the young Holocaust victim's famous diary for posterity, has died at age 100. A ...

Going underground or into hiding has become as routine as the proverbial pipe and slippers that used to await the man of the house after a long day at work." So wrote 14-year-old Anne Frank in her ...