4 real historical locations · Netherlands
A biographical drama about Miep Gies, the Dutch office worker who helped hide Anne Frank and her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam for over two years. It humanises those who risked their lives daily to protect the people they sheltered.
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Miep Gies and her husband Jan hide Otto Frank's family above the Prinsengracht 263 offices — the series follows the immense daily strain, risk and resourcefu...
The Frank family hid in the Secret Annex at Prinsengracht 263 from July 1942 until their betrayal and arrest on 4 August 1944. Miep Gies was 33 when she began the concealment. She retrieved Anne Frank's diary from the...
View location →Miep Gies and her husband Jan hide the Frank family and four others in the secret annex above Otto Frank's office. Miep supplies food and news, keeping eight...
The Franks went into hiding on 6 July 1942. They were betrayed and arrested on 4 August 1944. Of the eight in hiding, only Otto Frank survived. Miep Gies preserved Anne's diary after the arrest.
View location →The Frank family and thousands of Dutch Jews pass through Westerbork before deportation east. The series follows Miep's desperate attempts to use connections...
Westerbork processed 107,000 Dutch Jews for deportation to Auschwitz, Sobibor, Bergen-Belsen, and Theresienstadt. Tuesday was transport day. The Franks arrived in September 1944.
View location →Miep navigates occupied Amsterdam daily — obtaining ration cards, bribing officials, building a food supply chain — ordinary streets turned hostile by occupa...
Amsterdam's Jewish population of 80,000 fell to fewer than 5,000 by liberation. The Nazi administration and Dutch collaborators identified and deported Jews with bureaucratic efficiency.
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