Miep Gies: Life After The Death Of Anne Frank

The only thing she had to do was study and write in her diary. She never goes outside and always has to worry about if their ever going to be discovered and killed. The Frank Family wasn’t the only ones that went into hiding in the “Secret Annexe”, also the Van Daans and Mr. Dussel, making a total number of eight. Their survival in the “Secret Annexe” was dependent on their helpers who brought them food, news from the outside, and books.

The Diary of Anne Frank is about a girl that kept a diary while hiding from Nazi’s in Amsterdam for two years. The diary ends when the Nazi’s found her and her family. Her whole family was killed in exception for her father. She was given the journal on her thirteenth birthday. She simply summarized her life for two years in this phenomenal journal.

The Author came out with a strong out look on the situation of Anne Franks Development. Anne Frank was a little girl who lived in Amsterdam with her Father, they lived a normal life until the Holocaust took place and for forced Anne into hiding. Sadly the Nazis found out about the Franks hiding and who they were staying with, Otto Frank was they only one who survived. Anne Frank knew that she would even be living a sad and scary life. "Anne’s Voice. I expect I should be describing what it feels like to go into hiding. But I really don’t know yet myself. I only know it’s funny never to be able to go outdoors . .

While in hiding, Anne Frank was closed off from the world as she was not allowed to leave the “Secret Annex”. To pass time Anne would read books and wrote in an autograph book she received for her 13th birthday, the book in which she used as a diary described her life in hiding, her various thoughts, and relationships with the members of the Secret Annex in which Anne was hiding in. Before going into hiding, Otto Frank had notified a few of his most trusted workers where they would be hiding. The workers would shortly visit the annex to tend the Franks with necessities such as food and gave news of the war. Although life was hard, their survival from Hitler’s regime seemed promising until in a sudden sad turn of events, one of Otto’s workers

In Miep's book, Anne Frank Remembered, she stated ""I am not a hero. I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who did what I did or more - much more - during those dark and terrible times years ago, but always like yesterday in the hearts of those of us who bear witness. Never a day goes by that I do not think of what happened then.""(Gies, Miep) Miep hid the Franks in a secret annex "despite threat of imprisonment, deportation, or execution."(www.annefrank.dk) She hid these Jews for more than two years, "Miep supplied them daily with provisions, including paper for Anne's diary, while her husband provided forged food coupons and links to the Dutch resistance."(Encyclopedia Britannica) During the end of the war, after the hidden Jews had been captured, Miep "preserved Anne's diary."(www.auschwitz.dz) Later, in "1987, Miep wrote a book: "Memories of Anne Frank.""(www.annefrank.com) To spread awareness of the holocaust Miep also wrote of her account with the Jews. "Miep's memoir, Anne Frank Remembered (1987), was the basis for the television movie The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988) and was adapted in 1995 into an eponymous Academy Award-winning documentary."(Encyclopedia

Miep gies had been working during the time of the founding and was avoided arrest the officer had the same native Vienna as her she was given some sympathy for it. Miep had tried to pay a bribe to help the Franks, but was unsuccessful. Anne Frank and her family were sent to concentration camp one out of eight survived Otto Franks who was liberated from Auschwitz on January, 1945 where he returned to Amsterdam and was given a notebook and several papers written by Anne Frank when she was in hiding. Otto frank had compiled his daughter's work into a manuscript that was published in the Netherlands in 1947 it was titled “ Het Achterhuis” meaning “Rear Annex” also known as “Anne Frank The diary of a Young

and Mrs. Frank sleep in the main area. Mr. Frank answers their questions, that “Please. I’ve thought this out for weeks. It’s the best arrangement. The only arrangement,” (Goodrich, PDF 707). Instead of making the Van Daans sleep in the main room, the Franks sacrifice their own living space for the other family. They are willing to give away their own comfort and personal needs for the Van Daans to have their own privacy. Meanwhile, later on, a woman, Miep, brings things for the group in the annex, while risking her life to do so. We hear this in one of Anne Frank’s diary entries. She writes that, “The people from whom Miep got our ration books have been arrested. So we have had to cut down on food supply,” (Goodrich, 497). Miep had been risking her life to get these ration books, illegally, for the family, and now has to find a way to get more food for the family while Mr. Kraler, another caretaker of the family, is in the hospital. Miep had befriended Anne and the family, and was willing to put everything on the line just for them. On more recent terms, a football coach of the recent Florida school shooting, was truly a hero and sacrificed his own life for the students of the school. In the

The Franks and other Jews hiding in the secret annex were caught on August 4, 1944, and were taken to the concentration camps. Luckily, Miep and the other co-workers were not taken away. A couple days after the arrest, Mip returned to the secret annex. While in the secret annex, Miep found Anne's diary. She held onto in entell the Franks return.

She was providing income for the business and kept a lot of attention away from the building. On August 4, 1944, after two years of hiding the family, the secret annex was raided by Nazis and everyone in the annex was sent to concentration camps. Miep returned to the annex to find no one there and the apartment a complete wreck. While she was searching through the mess she found Anne Frank's diary laying on the floor. Miep then grabbed the diary and kept it for when and if the family ever returned. The only person who returned was Otto Frank. He was the only survivor of the Frank family and when Miep heard this she soon gave him Anne’s diary. Otto Frank was very appreciative of Miep when he got the diary. He felt as if he had a piece of Anne still with him and was very grateful that Miep had saved it for him. Otto and Miep were convinced they had to get the diaries published. They never rested until the diaries were published and in 1947 that is exactly what happened. Miep was a very humble person in the fact that she thought she was just doing her human duty by protecting all the people she did just like she says in these two quotes, “Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life,” and “Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would

In the late 1930s and early 1940s the world experienced very traumatic events. Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany. He banned all political parties, except the Nazis. Two of the families that were affected by his changes were the Franks and the Van Daans. Anne Frank was a member of the Frank family. Her family and the Van Daans experienced what was happening personally. During the time that she was forced to go into hiding, she kept a diary with her. The diary has become very important item for learning about the events that happened. Historical events are reflected in the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by showing how what’s happening in the outside world affects the families that have had to go into hiding.

Only Otto having survived the war, when he returned to Amsterdam at the beginning of July, he came to learn about the death of his family. Soon after, one of their helpers, Miep Gies handed him Anne’s papers and diary which she had saved immediately after the arrests of the families living in

Anne had a heart filled with hope and had a bright future ahead of her, as the war progressed she began to see the suffering of the people around her. Everyone did love her personality. She was very curious, talkative, and playful and was lots of fun to be around. Anne had a hunger for knowledge and was very optimistic. Writing was always her favorite thing. It calmed her from the rages of the world, she could just write and be herself. When she went into hiding she lived in a place called the Secret Annex. A Secret Annex was a building that was placed between two buildings. The first floor was Otto Frank's business and the second was the hiding spot. The real name in Dutch meant behind or back, so in the diary, they used the term Secret Annex. For over 2 years she lived in the secret home, and that is when she got her journal at the age of 13. Almost every day she would write about her current life and the things going on around her. She would write about how much she missed her friends from school and often missed being outside out in the open air. When the Van Pels moved in they had a son named Peter, Anne would play around with Peter, take his shoes and hide them. She thought it was very amusing, Peter didn't quite think so.

Miep Gies was sent to netherland for care and bonded with her foster family. She had married a dutch man and worked for otter frank, Miep worked as secretary becoming closer to otter frank’s family Miep had helped otter frank’s family she hid them in a secret annex after they were found Miep found the youngest of the group Anne Frank’s diary and stored it and gave it to Anne’s father when he returned after the war, as the only one survived at the concentration camps and once he returned Anne’s diary was once had miep returned the book to anne's father otto frank decided to fulfill his daughter's wishes and arranged for the diary to be published in 1947 (Miep 1).

Screeech! The sound of a car from below freezes all eight people living in a hidden annex, as they look to each other for comfort. The best theme from the story of Anne Frank is that everyone needs someone with whom to share life’s experiences, although others may believe that a better theme is that people need a sense of direction in their lives. Everybody needs someone to lean on, and no one can get through the trials of life alone.

comparison I can think of is when I moved to middle school. I was the