This ordinary woman hid Anne Frank, and kept her story alive

RJ Hamster

1 year ago

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Miep Gies was young, carefree, and opinionated—at a time when opinions got you killed. When her boss, Otto Frank, asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during World War II, she didn’t hesitate. Based on an inspiring true story, A Small Light shakes the cobwebs off history and asks, what would you have done in her shoes? A Small Light is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

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Most people have heard the name Anne Frank, and many have read her diary, which details her and her family’s time spent in hiding during the German occupation of Amsterdam in World War II. Less known are Miep and Jan Gies, two people who helped shelter the Frank family and preserved Anne Frank’s diary after she was captured. In this episode, Alison Leslie Gold, who co-authored Miep’s memoir, shares their history and what we can take away from their stories.

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