In order to become Miep Gies, @belpowley retraced her footsteps throughout Amsterdam to gain a better understanding of this brave and remarkable woman. All episodes of #ASmallLight are now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. | National Geographic TV

A Small Light portrays the remarkable true story of Miep Gies, the brave, young woman who risked everything to shelter the Frank family for two years during World War II. Miep was also the one who found Anne Frank’s diary and preserved it so that she and Otto Frank could later share it with the world. The series title comes from something Gies said late in her life: “I don’t like being called a hero because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. Even an ordinary secretar

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