Anne Frank's Protector Dies at 100 Remembering Miep Gies

Written By: Bonnie Pearson  |  Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The first line of the play The Diary of Anne Frank demonstrated Miep Gie's concern about the well-being o others. "Are you all right, Mr. Frank?" she asks a broken Otto Frank as they reunite in the secret annex after World War II.
Mrs. Gies and her husband, Jan, helped hide Anne Frank and her family, as well as four other Dutch Jews, in the annex above Otto's office in Amsterdam from July 1942 to August 1944. She died on January 11 at the age of 100.
An employee and trusted friend of Otto, Anne's father, Mrs. Gies gladly agreed to help shelter the family as the Nasis tore through Europe in search of Jewish people to exterminate.
She risked her life each day, knowing she faced certain death if the Gestapo discovered what she was doing. A special friend to Anne Frank, Mrs. Gies helped her through the difficult teen years with stories of dresses and parties, even bringing Anne her first pair of high-heeled shoes. In her dairy, Anne described the little things that made Miep and the others who helped her, heroes:
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