text: Miep Gies ( February 15 , 1909 -- January 11 , 2010 ) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank , her family and several family friends in an attic annex above Anne 's father 's place of business from the Nazis during World War II .
simplified: Miep Gies , nÃ e Hermine Santrouschitz ( born February 15 , 1909 ; died January 11 , 2010 ) , is one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II .