The Diary of Anne Frank, was one book I was sure to never forget. I was overwhelmed with sadness and fury at the injustice and intolerance that had led to Anne Frank's death, but her realness and the very existence of the book survived gave me hope, too. After reading it was the first time I really understood the power of words an selfless acts could have on lives: Anne Frank's words lived on, and they had the power to change lives,but one person stood out the most in her diary that was Hermine “Miep” Gies. We owe the existence of the book to Miep Gies, a tremendously courageous and just woman who helped Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis. Gies not only risked her own life to provide the Franks with food and supplies, but she found, saved, and eventually shared Anne"s diary. She worked as a secretary
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Shortly thereafter, Anne and Margot, already weak and sick, succumbed to the deadly typhus virus that was sweeping through the camp. Both died within days of each other in late February or early March, 1945. The men's camp at Auschwitz was liberated on January 27, 1945. Fritz Pfeffer, however, had been taken to another camp and died on December 20, 1944. Peter van Pels was sent on a death march from Auschwitz just before it was liberated, and though he survived the march, he died in Mauthausen in Austria on May 5, just three days before Americans liberated the camp. His mother was finally transported to an unknown camp where she died in the spring of 1945. Otto Frank, barely alive, was discovered by the Russian army that liberated Auschwitz. Upon recovering, he began to search for his family, as shown in the letters that have only recently been discovered and have never before been seen or heard by the public. En route home to Amsterdam, he learned of his wife's death, but it was not until some time after returning home that he discovered the facts of Margot and Anne's death from Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper, who was with the Frank sisters at
Shortly thereafter, Anne and Margot, already weak and sick, succumbed to the deadly typhus virus that was sweeping through the camp. Both died within days of each other in late February or early March, 1945. The men's camp at Auschwitz was liberated on January 27, 1945. Fritz Pfeffer, however, had been taken to another camp and died on December 20, 1944. Peter van Pels was sent on a death march from Auschwitz just before it was liberated, and though he survived the march, he died in Mauthausen in Austria on May 5, just three days before Americans liberated the camp. His mother was finally transported to an unknown camp where she died in the spring of 1945. Otto Frank, barely alive, was discovered by the Russian army that liberated Auschwitz. Upon recovering, he began to search for his family, as shown in the letters that have only recently been discovered and have never before been seen or heard by the public. En route home to Amsterdam, he learned of his wife's death, but it was not until some time after returning home that he discovered the facts of Margot and Anne's death from Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper, who was with the Frank sisters at