ALISON LESLIE GOLD
As she celebrates her 100th birthday in 2009, Miep Gies--who helped hide the Frank family
from the Nazis--reflects on those tumultuous years in this updated anniversary edition of the
international bestseller Anne Frank Remembered.
Features:
from the Nazis--reflects on those tumultuous years in this updated anniversary edition of the
international bestseller Anne Frank Remembered.
Features:
A new epilogue and new, never before published pictures: In this new edition,
Miep addresses some additional facts about Anne and the others mentioned in Anne’s
diary that have come to light in the twenty years since Anne Frank Remembered was
first published. Miep discusses new documents that have surfaced and talks about her
own experiences since she wrote the book.
Miep addresses some additional facts about Anne and the others mentioned in Anne’s
diary that have come to light in the twenty years since Anne Frank Remembered was
first published. Miep discusses new documents that have surfaced and talks about her
own experiences since she wrote the book.
| Anne Frank Remembered |
Unsung hero of the Holocaust: For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,
Miep’s own story never fails to fascinate. She arrived in Amsterdam as a World War I refugee. She later
met Anne’s father, Otto, and became a secretary at his spice company. She and her husband, Jan,
helped to hide the Franks in the sealed off backrooms of the company offices from July 1942 to August
1944—until an anonymous informant betrayed them to the Nazi authorities. Miep found Anne’s
discarded diary and saved it for her return, but after Anne died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp,
she gave the diary to Otto Frank. Miep and Jan Gies risked their lives each day to bring food, news,
and emotional support to the victims. From her own remarkable childhood as a refugee to the moment
she places a small, red-orange, checkered diary—Anne’s legacy—in Otto Frank’s hands, Miep Gies
remembers her days with simple honesty and shattering clarity. Each page rings with courage and
heartbreaking beauty.
Miep’s own story never fails to fascinate. She arrived in Amsterdam as a World War I refugee. She later
met Anne’s father, Otto, and became a secretary at his spice company. She and her husband, Jan,
helped to hide the Franks in the sealed off backrooms of the company offices from July 1942 to August
1944—until an anonymous informant betrayed them to the Nazi authorities. Miep found Anne’s
discarded diary and saved it for her return, but after Anne died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp,
she gave the diary to Otto Frank. Miep and Jan Gies risked their lives each day to bring food, news,
and emotional support to the victims. From her own remarkable childhood as a refugee to the moment
she places a small, red-orange, checkered diary—Anne’s legacy—in Otto Frank’s hands, Miep Gies
remembers her days with simple honesty and shattering clarity. Each page rings with courage and
heartbreaking beauty.
“A book of immaculate witness.”
—The New York Times
—The New York Times
Available February 10, 2009
Miep Gies was born in Vienna, Austria. In the decades after Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was
published and widely translated, Miep and Jan Gies became celebrities in the Netherlands, and their
courage was recognized with awards from several international organizations.
published and widely translated, Miep and Jan Gies became celebrities in the Netherlands, and their
courage was recognized with awards from several international organizations.
The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
ANNOUNCING THE HISTORIC REISSUE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
