On 16 March 2003 Miep Gies is back in the kitchen of the Secret Annex, where she often used to try out the products of Otto Frank's company Opekta. It will be her last visit to the museum. "I enjoyed being in the museum. If I am healthy, I want to come back next year." Miep Gies dies at the age of one hundred on 11 January 2010, today exactly 10 years ago. Photo: Miep Gies in the Anne Frank House in 2003 (AFS/Riekus Heller) | Anne Frank House

This is a video clip of a demonstration film from 1937 where Miep Gies shows how to make jam using Opekta. Opekta is produced by Otto Franks company. Miep worked there as a secretary. Miep Gies was one of the helpers of the people hiding in the Secret Annex. After the arrest, she kept Anne's writings in a drawer of her desk. In 2010 she died, one hundred years old. | Anne Frank House

Bel Powley shines a light on the remarkable life story of Miep Gies. Catch new episodes of #ASmallLight, Mondays at 9/8c on National Geographic. Now streaming on Disney and Hulu. | National Geographic TV

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Le nom de Miep Gies ne vous dit peut-être rien, et pourtant c’est celui d’une femme héroïque, qui a caché la famille d’Anne Frank pendant la guerre et conservé précieusement son journal intime. | France Culture