A Small Light

Miep Gies acted without hesitation when Otto Frank sought her aid to shelter his family from the Nazis during World War II. For two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and a network of helpers cared for eight people concealed in the Secret Annex. It was Miep who discovered Anne’s Diary and safeguarded it, allowing Otto—the sole survivor of the eight—to later present it to the world as one of the Holocaust’s most compelling accounts.