Cumpleaños de Miep

Miep Gies was born in Vienna ‪#‎onthisdate‬ February 15, 1909. Her parents sent her to the 

Netherlands after World War I along with other children who came to recuperate from 

tuberculosis and malnutrition. She liked the Netherlands so much that her parents gave her 

permission to stay on with her Dutch family. In 1933 she began working as Otto Frank’s 

secretary at Opekta. 

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/All-people/Miep-Gies/

(Photo Collection of the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam)