Miep Gies
Miep Gies
Hermine Santruschitz, better known as Miep Gies, was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her familyand four other Jewsfrom the Nazis in an annex above Anne's father'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 to whom she became very attached. Although she was initially only to stay for six months, this stay was...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth15 February 1909
CityVienna, Austria
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.
I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.
You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday.