30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank

30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank

Trista - January 11, 2019

30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank
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22. Miep Gies, One of the Dutch Citizens Who Hid the Franks Gave Anne’s Father Her Diary

Hermine “Miep” Gies was a Dutch woman who helped shelter the Frank family along with other Jews from her neighborhood, including her dentist. Gies had worked for Otto Frank for years and was extremely concerned when she saw Jews being rounded up and loaded onto trucks in Amsterdam. She and the other employees of her father’s business helped hide the Franks. She would shop for food at numerous different suppliers each day to not let on that they were feeding extra people.

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