This is the memoir of Miep Gies who helped hide Anne Frank and her family. Very powerful. In addition to the Frank story, we learn about the impact of the war on the citizens of Amsterdam. I now plan to reread Anne's diary.

So much love, respect, and admiration for Miep

"Anne Frank Remembered" is a must-read companion to Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl". Miep Gies's story, which closely documents her relationship with the Frank family, provides vital background information for those who have read Anne Frank's journal, or for those who are interested in reading about the events of the Holocaust as experienced by someone directly involved in the resistance and living in German-occupied Amsterdam. I shed many a tear while reading this book (which I couldn't put down!) and would highly recommend this book as essential reading.

I read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank some time ago, and purchased this one last year. I am so glad I have finally read it…it gives the other perspective completely on this heart-breaking story.

From the World Socialist Web Site on her death at age 101 – 15.2.1909 – 10.1.2010
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/...

“Meip Gies was born February 15, 1909, as Hermine Santrouschitz in Vienna. Her impoverished parents were barely able to feed their daughter due to the economic conditions, and sent her to the Netherlands in 1922 as part of an aid project. Her host family, who went on to adopt Hermine, gave her the nickname Miep.

In 1933, the young woman took up a job as an office assistant in the spice business of Otto Frank, who had emigrated to the Netherlands with his family following the Nazi takeover. After refusing to join a Nazi women’s organization in 1941, Miep only escaped deportation to Austria by marrying her Dutch friend Jan Gies.”

Meip’s new husband (named Henk in the books for the purpose of privacy) and Meip were not Jews, so therefore were supposedly protected from persecution. But the horrors the Nazis landed on most people (not just the Jews) in their little village after the occupation of the Netherlands in 1940 was shattering. Once Otto Frank and his family went into hiding on 5th July 1942, Meip, Henk and four others of Otto’s staff, were the ones totally in charge of the family and their safety; they provided food, news, books, blank paper for Anne and Margot, and cheerfulness in the face of their isolation…over the period of the next two years, the only faces the Frank family, plus another family also in hiding with them, saw, were Meip’s and Henk’s.

The incredible courage displayed by Meip and Henk over extreme diversity is amazing. The outrage they felt at the treatment their friends and the thousands of others, caused them to take many risks with their own safety, but with the end in sight, and the Allies not far away, the hidden families were betrayed by an unknown person for a total of only 60 guldens…a very small amount!

I highly recommend this book, written by a brave human being who lived a long and fulfilling life…only passing away in January of 2010. The atrocities of the German Nazis will hopefully never be repeated!

A história da anne me deixa muito, muito reflexiva. Claro que não é um sentimento exclusivo meu (e que bom) ao entrar em contato com esse tipo de coisa. É engraçado que quanto mais eu me conscientizo, leio e aprendo sobre as coisas terríveis que foram feitas pelos nazista, mais eu sinto que devo ler. Parece que é o mínimo que podemos fazer em solidariedade aos que passaram por isso. Esse livro está na minha wishlist desde que a Bel falou sobre ele, sei lá, talvez em 2014. E eu queria muito saber a visão da Miep nessa história, foi uma leitura MUITO boa, muito triste e que me trouxe muitos aprendizados também. Me faz pensar nas histórias semelhantes, de quem passou por essa situação. O mundo inteiro fica especialmente triste pela morte da Anne pq a gente conheceu ela por meio do diário, mas aí me pego pensando sobre as histórias que as outras milhões de pessoas tinham. Que coisa mais tenebrosa, mais ridícula. E é por isso que me convenço a continuar entrando em contato com o genocídio de Hitler, pra não começar a normalizar as ideias fascistas que nascem no meu entorno, pra não abaixar a cabeça pra bolsofascista. Resistência sempre. Enfim, esse livro me revirou a cabeça, e com certeza, assim como o diário da anne vai ficar pra sempre junto comigo.

When I was young, I read Anne Frank's diary over and over so I can't believe I just now found this book and read it. It completes so much of Anne's story, parts that I honestly didn't even realize I was missing. Written by Miep Gies, the woman who helped the family hide and who found & protected Anne's writings until after the war, this memoir of Nazi-occupied Holland is riveting. Gies' narrative voice is compelling; and although the story is heartbreaking--like the world's most famous diary--is emotionally rich and deeply satisfying.

Que livro! Uma das melhores leituras que já fiz em toda a minha vida!

Antes de tudo, apesar do título, quero dizer que esse
é um livro 100% sobre Miep Gies e o ponto de vista de uma das melhores pessoas que já existiram na humanidade.

Um exemplo de empatia e solidariedade de uma pessoa que não ganharia nada de bom em troca de ajudar as pessoas que amava mas mesmo assim não hesitou nem um minuto em proteger essas pessoas.

♥️

Anne Frank Remembered is a memoir and history written by Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide and feed Anne Frank and her family during the war. She gives a little more of her own history, including how she came to be in Amsterdam, working for Otto Frank, and what happened after the war.

I loved this point of view - it still had the classic information about the Frank family, but had a bit of an outsider’s view since she wasn’t Jewish and was the one trying to buy food, trying to get them soap, and books, etc. All the respect in the world for these great people who risked everything to try and save these families.

4.5 Stars

I'm told that every night when the sun goes down, somewhere in the world the curtain is going up on the stage play made from Anne's diary

This book has been on my TBR for the longest time and as someone who absolutely adores Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl I knew that this was something I had to read. When we read about Anne's story, we always read it from Anne's perspective, so I found it so refreshing to read this part of history from another pair of eyes; Miep's. It was so interesting to read about her life and her thoughts during this time in her life; she is hiding Jewish people despite knowing the consequences could mean death.
Anne Frank Remembered is emotional, real, and raw. It's something to read if you devoured and adored Anne Frank's Diary

4,5 *
Opinião em video: https://youtu.be/yosMzAmvoZI

I really enjoyed getting this backstory on the Frank family and their friends. Haunting read, but anything concerning Anne Frank always is.

Wow! This story will teach you everything you need to know about true friendship, loyalty, and fortitude. It's better than any novel of World War II.