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Miep Gies, The Woman Who Hid Anne Frank And Gave Her Diary To The World
Over the years, Miep Gies became close with Otto and the rest of the Frank family – particularly his daughter, Anne. Today, countless millions around the world know about Anne Frank, as her ...
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‘A Small Light’ Tells the Story of Miep Gies, Who Hid Anne Frank From the Nazis
Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Wikimedia Commons under public domain, Dusan Martincek / National Geographic for Disney Soon after the SS arrested Anne Frank on August 4, 1944 ...
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The Woman Who Kept Anne Frank Alive Steps Into the ‘Small Light’
So, I’ve thought about Anne Frank—her words and her world that is no more—for over half a century. Yet, while I recognized the name Miep Gies, I did not know what a hero she was until I ...
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First Look: 'A Small Light' Portrays the Heroic Woman Who Hid Anne Frank's Family — and Preserved Her Story
The photo shows Miep Gies (Bel Powley), her husband Jan (Joe Cole), Anne Frank (Billie Boullet) and her family — including dad Otto (Liev Schreiber), sister Margot (Ashley Brooke) and mom Edith ...
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A Small Light: What Happened To The Real Miep & Jan Gies (& What The Miniseries Leaves Out)
While most people will have heard the story of Anne Frank, they may not know the other side of her incredible and sad diary, ...
The Forward2y
A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators
Anne Frank’s diary is famous for documenting life ... outside the Secret Annex. Following Miep Gies, perhaps the best known of the six people who helped to hide the Franks, it shows the work ...
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A Small Light's Miep and Jan – What happened to the real-life couple?
Miep's connection to Anne and her time hiding the Jews from the threat of the Nazis became her legacy and eventually, in the early 1990s, she wrote her memoir, Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of ...
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Miep Gies is poised to become the face of Holocaust resistance with ‘A Small Light’
Anne Frank continues to resonate as perhaps the most ... it starred Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank and three-time Emmy nominee Lili Taylor as Miep. Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn was also in the cast.
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A Small Light Showrunner Discusses The Goal To 'Take The Cobwebs' Off Miep Gies Beyond The Diary Of Anne Frank
A Small Light is based on the true story of Miep Gies, and showrunner Joan Rater talked shedding light on the woman known from Anne Frank's diary. When you purchase through links on our site ...
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A Small Light Showrunner Explains Trying To Find 'Joy In This Tragedy' Of Miep Gies And Anne Frank's Story Despite Knowing The Ending
The Diary of Anne Frank has been widely read in the decades ... the series opens by covering the years leading up to Miep Gies helping the Franks go into hiding along with her husband Jan and ...
The Independent2y
New series about the Anne Frank story is under attack by antisemitic trolls, creators say
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...