15. Family Friend, Miep Gies Saved Anne Frank’s Diary
Miep Gies is best known as the woman who helped hide the Frank family and saved Anne Frank’s diary after the Nazis stormed into the annex and arrested everyone on August 4, 1944. The authorities, who received an anonymous tip about the Franks’ hiding spot, were all sent to concentration camps where everyone but Otto would die.
Miep Gies, who worked as Otto’s secretary, visited the family often and brought anything they needed. On one of her trips to clean up the mess the authorities left, she took Anne’s diary in hopes that she could give it back to Anne.
