Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

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She arrived in Leiden in 1920 and remained with her foster family, the Nieuwenburgs, when they moved to Amsterdam in 1924.

Her books have been adapted for stage and screen and have been translated into twenty-three languages. I can't think of anyone who has not heard of Anne Frank or her diary that depicts the tragic story of the little girl who did not survive the holocaust. This riveting memoir tells the story of how Miep Gies and her husband hid Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis for over two years. We were all quite proud of this forward-looking treatment of ordinary working people: comfortable housing, indoor plumbing, tree-filled gardens in the rear of each block. Even though we know much about Anne Frank and her diary, this book added an extra perspective on Anne for me.

This section had been built up during the 1920s and early '30s when large, progressive corporations had built great blocks of apartments for their members with the help of government loans.

Children were always in each other's company, charging off in little packs to the Amstelpark swimming pool, or perhaps speaking in singsong as they walked to and from school in bunches. My long, fine dark blond hair was held back with a large piece of cotton cloth tied into a big puffed bow.When I was persuaded to tell my story, I had to think of the place that Anne Frank holds in history and what her story has come to mean for the many millions of people who have been touched by it. At that point, Jan was working as a social worker with Social Services of the municipality of Amsterdam. I read Anne Frank`s diary as a child and have since been fascinated by her story and by the heroism of those who risked all to help. But in ''Anne Frank Remembered,'' Miep Gies offers not only a fascinating and deeply affecting personal memoir, but also a valuable new perspective on the entire tragedy. She always maintained that while she appreciated the honors, they embarrassed her: "I am not a hero.

Recently I visited, for the first time, the annex where the Franks' and their fellow friends in hiding spent around two years avoiding the persecution of the Nazis.This is the same woman who actually rescued the pages of the diary before it was trampled by the Germans when they were taken from their hiding place.