Miep+Gies

**//Early Life//**
===** On February 15, 1909, Miep Gies was born. She was sent to the Netherlands in 1918 by her parents after world war one, and lived with a foster family, who later adopted her and renamed her Miep. In 1933, she interviewed for a job in a jam making factory as a secretary under Otto Frank. She immediately got the job. Gies had been dating Jan Gies for a while, but they never had enough money to get married. On July 16th, 1941, they had acquired enough money to get married, so they did. **=== == ==

//Hiding People in the Annex//
== When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, all the Jews were in danger, including Gies’ boss Otto Frank. She had developed quite the attachment to the Frank family, and took care of them in their hiding place they had prepared. She made frequent trips to stores to get them food. To avoid suspicion from the Germans, she visited different stores, and hid food under a coat. On August 4, 1944, the hiding Jews were found and arrested. They were all sent to a transit camp, then to Auschwitz. ==

//After the War//
=== Miep Gies survived the war, and after it ended, Otto Frank came to live with her, as he was the only person from the annex who lived. She was knighted by the queen of the Netherlands and has a minor planet named after her, 99949 Meipgies. Miep Gies died at the age of 100 on January 11, 2010.===

[[image:miep1_1557533c.jpg width="234" height="148" caption="With her book, Anne Frank Remembered" link="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01557/miep1_1557533c.jpg"]]
===I learned some things from Meip, such as if I'm nice to people, I'll get knighted and have a planet named after me. I've always wanted a planet named after me and to be knighted, so she's a hero in my book.===

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