7.855 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestWith the war ending, Miep and Jan try to find the Franks and other Jewish residents of the annex.
Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne's Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Acting
Bel Powley transforms Miep from secretary to legend.
Production
Claustrophobic Amsterdam sets feel dangerously real.
Writing
No hero worship — just terrified people doing right.
Creators
Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miep Gies lived to 100 and never considered herself heroic, insisting 'we are not heroes.'
The series deliberately mirrors The Diary of Anne Frank's own structure — mundane domesticity interrupted by terror — forcing viewers to experience time's cruel compression.
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