Miep Gies

something that people should have? Its pride all three of the people i'm about to talk about is how Claude Mckay,Miep Gies, and Harriet Tubman all have pride and are brave people cause of what they did. Tubman freed many slaves, gies helped a jewish family and mckay stood up fighting all in which are people who did something different from other people. Although Claude Mckay,Miep Gies, and Harriet Tubman had many different experiences, when the time came, they all acted very heroically but…

Aryana Alidjani Arland Williams was a passenger on flight 90 which crash landed into the freezing Potomac River due to ice forming on the wings. Only six passengers survived in the icy waters. Arland Williams showed the trait of selflessness since he gave up the lifeline that was dropped from a helicopter. He did this in order to save the others’ lives. My superhero needs to think about the needs of other people since it will do things to save other peoples lives that will make the world a…

“The Diary of Anne Frank” there a few people that are good at heart, or nice in the worst of situations. In the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the theme people are good at heart is developed most through the characters Anne Frank, Mr. Frank, and Miep Gies. To begin, Anne from does many things that are good at heart. In Act one, scene three, she offers to move out for Mr. Dussel. Anne did not want to be selfish towards Mr. Dussel. The others did not offer to move out for him. In Act one,…

who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the Franks and Van Daans hide and help to protect them, but by doing this, it risks her life as well. Miep is a very courageous character because she tries to make the best of a bad situation and does the right thing, even when the world tells her differently.…

Gruwell decided to have the students write a “letter” to Miep Gies (the woman who helped shelter Anne Frank and her family during the Holocaust). The students wanted Miep Gies to actually read their letters and even invite her to come to the school. The students start having fundraisers to raise money for Miep Gies to attend. The department head, Margaret, was mad that newsletters were saying things like “What are public school funds…

The involvement of the Netherlands in World War II began with its invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940. On 22 June 1941 is when Jews started to be arrested in Amsterdam. The penalties for helping Jewish people hide from the Nazis were Execution, Vicious beatings, bullet the head, hanging etc. If you helped a Jew in Nazi Germany you were called a traitor, which was in Nazi ideology worse than a Jew. The allies liberated Amsterdam on the 5th of May 1945 right at the very last days of the war.…

believe that I ended up here. The Nazi police are all surrounding me with their guns loaded aiming for me. It does not seem real, but they actually caught me. I held the soft, velvet fur coat in my freezing hands, I did not know what to say or do. “Miep Gies, you are going to be taken in for questioning,” spoke the Nazi man who wore a dark green outfit from head to toe. I am not going anywhere, that is what I immediately think to myself, but I am too terrified to say that to the Nazi man so I…

He knows nothing about his daughters and still hopes to see them again. He arrives back in Amsterdam at the beginning of July. He goes straight to Miep and Jan Gies and remains with them for another seven years. Otto Frank tries to find his daughters but in July receives news that they have both died of disease and deprivation in Bergen-Belsen. Miep Gies then gives him Anne's diary and papers. Otto reads the diary and discovers a completely different Anne. He is very moved by her writing. Anne…

Throughout World War II, it was extremely difficult for Jewish people to survive. Anne Frank sacrificed more than she thought she would during World War II; Anne’s difficult journey tells a story that impacts us even to today. Since the early fourth century the persecution of Jews was mainly because Adolf Hitler proposed an idea that the reason Jewish people refused to convert to Christianity was because they were Christ killers (Shawn 2). Hitler had a philosophy that combined hostility with…

Holland where Otto Frank (Anne’s father) had set up a business alongside Jan Gies. On May 10th, 1942 German troops had invaded Holland and five days later the Netherland army had surrendered. Anti-Jew laws had been put in place and the Jews had less and less rights. On July 5th Margot Frank receives a call-up for a German work camp, but instead the Frank’s decided to go into hiding at Mr. Franks jam factory. With Miep and Jan Gies helping them hid by bringing them library books, food, and news.…