"Anne Frank Remembered", the autobiography of Miep Gies

        Anne Frank Remembered is the autobiography of Miep Gies, the woman who helped the Frank family survive during their both years in hiding. Her book is a primary antecedent or first hand account of the persecution of Jewish lot in Nazi occupied Holland during the second world war. It is similarly the first hand account of the hiding of Jews such(prenominal) as the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Dr. Albert Dussel during this time.

        In regard to the books autobiographical format, the author, Miep Gies, does non present the reader with a clear thesis statement. Instead, passim the book the author discusses her main views toward the actions of the Nazis and their oppression of the Jewish people. Her disfavour of German Nazi actions is evident in the following quotation, when she was asked to conjoin the Nazi Girls Club:

         How can I join such a club? I icily asked. Look at what the Germans are

         doing to the Jews in Germany. ...Let her take a good look at me and see

         with her receive eyes that some Aryan woman was not to be sweep in by

the Nazis. (Gies, p. 41, 1987).

The main source of background to the authors viewpoint is her make story.



In order to further discuss her main points and views, a summary of her story must be given.

        The book began with a brief history of the childhood of Miep Gies. She was born in Vienna, Austria in 1909, where she lived with her parents until the age eleven year. She was then sent to Amsterdam by a program in the aid of undernourished and charnel children and was to be adopted by a Dutch family. She became utilize to the Dutch way of life as she grew older...

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