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She was hired by Otto Frank in 1937 as a secretary and by 1942 was the administration manager of his company, Pectacon, based at 263 Prinsengarcht, the address which would become the Frank family's hiding place. She agreed to help bring provisions to his family and four other people concealed in the back rooms of the office building, from July 1942, until their betrayal and arrest in August 1944. During the Gestapo raid she managed to escape, but returned to assist Miep Gies collect the personal possessions of the captured Jews, amongst which were Anne Frank's diaries and manuscripts. Otto Heinrich Frank (May 12, 1889 - August 19, 1980) was father of Anne Frank. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... Hermine Miep Santrouschitz-Gies (born 15 February 1909) is one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II and preserved Annes diary to be published later. ...

She left the company after her marriage to Cornelius van Wijk in April 1946 and they went on to have four children; Ton, Cor, Joop, and a daughter whom she named after Anne. She was honoured in later years for her activities during the Second World War, but disliked publicity and gave few interviews about her association with Anne Frank.

References and further reading

• The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition, Anne Frank, edited by David Barnouw and Gerrold Van der Stroom, translated by Arnold J. Pomerans, compiled by H. J. J. Hardy, second edition, Doubleday 2003.
• Anne Frank Remembered, Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold, Simon and Schuster 1988
• Roses from the Earth: the Biography of Anne Frank, Carol Ann Lee, Penguin 1999.
• Anne Frank: the Biography, Melissa Muller, foreword by Miep Gies, Bloomsbury 1999.
• The Footsteps of Anne Frank, Ernst Schnabel, Pan 1988.
• The Hidden Life of Otto Frank, Carol Ann Lee, Penguin 2002.