When they became involved Jan was in the process of getting a divorce and eventually, the two married in July 1941, just short of a year before Otto's eldest daughter Margot was called up.

It pretty much all fell on her, with an assist from husband Jan Gies. The book was immediately turned into the 1987 made-for-TV movie “The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank,” which was nominated ...

A Small Light, which is based on the true story of Miep Gies, who helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis, will drop two episodes per week on National Geographic beginning May 1.

Miep and Jan Gies, years later, stand by the bookcase that hid a secret entrance to the hiding place of Anne Frank, her family and four others in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam (EPA) ...

During this time, Gies and her husband, Jan Gies, were also hiding a Christian college student in their own house, who was in danger for refusing to sign an oath saying that he would not act ...

Otto Frank, the sole survivor from the annex, appeared at Jan and Miep Gies’ doorstep after the war and ended up living with them for over seven years. In July 1945, Gies watched as he received ...

National Geographic released a photo from the upcoming A SMALL LIGHT. Reflecting on the holiday’s themes of resistance, resilience and courage, it shows Miep and Jan Gies, the Frank family, the ...

Miep initially hides her role in helping the Frank family from her husband, Jan Gies ( Joe Cole), who later supports her. Jan has his own anti-Nazi agenda as a member of the Dutch resistance, but ...

But they also highlight the bravery of Miep and Jan Gies in the aftermath of that atrocity, and the way that Otto’s bond with the Gies family fortified him in the face of such unimaginable loss.