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Jan Gies

Dutch Resistance member; Dutch Righteous Among the Nations; World War II humanitarian (1905-1993) · Netherlands · Died at 87

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Jan Augustus Gies was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife, Miep, helped hide Anne Frank, her sister Margot, their parents Otto and Edith, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer from Nazi persecution during the occupation of the Netherlands by aiding them as they resided in the Secret Annex.

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Awards

Jan Karski Courage to Care Award1987
Righteous Among the Nations1972

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Country
Netherlands
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 87

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