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Anne Frank Remembered Review     Anne Frank Remembered is the autobiography of Miep Gies, the woman whohelped the Frank family survive during their two old age in hiding. Her prevail is aprimary source or first hand account of the persecution of Jewish people in Nazioccupied Holland during the punt world war. It is also the first hand accountof the hiding of Jews such 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 not yield the reader with a clear thesis statement. Instead, throughoutthe book the author discusses her main views toward the actions of the Nazis andtheir oppression of the Jewish people. Her disapproval of German Nazi actionsis evident in the following quotation, when she was asked to join the NaziGirls Club     " How can I join such a club? I icily asked. Look at what theGermans are doing to the Jews in Germany. ...Let her take a goodlook at me and see with her own eyes that some Aryan woman wasnot to be swept in by the Nazis." (Gies, p. 41, 1987).The main source of background to the authors viewpoint is her own story.In order to further discuss her main points and views, a summary of her storymust be given.     The book began with a brief history of the childhood of Miep Gies. Shewas born in Vienna, Austria in 1909, where she lived with her parents until theage eleven year. She was then sent to Amsterdam by a program in the aid ofundernourished and sick children and was to be adopted by a Dutch family. Shebecame employ to the Dutch way of life as she grew older and soon she began toconsider herself Dutch, not Viennese.     Her association with the Frank family began when she was given a jobwith the Pectacon Company, owned and operated by Mr. Otto Frank. His companymade and sold pectin, which was used for making jam. Mieps f irst part of thejob was to make jam with different formulas of pectin. After becoming an expertjam maker, she was placed at a desk in the office to do office work. She becamevery close to the Frank family and was invited to their home regularly for meals.She also began a relationship with a man named Jan, whom she later married. &... ...e Nazis were doing to people. It indicatesan think audience of most likely those who bring on already read The Diary ofAnne Frank and are looking for further investigation on the topic. However, itis not compulsory that the reader has read The Diary of Anne Frank before readingthis book. Miep Gies starts from the very beginning of her association with theFrank family and completes the story of their life. Although this book isrecommended to anyone who is interested in this topic, the book may also bedirected towards those of Jewish decent who experienced similar instances andwant to find out what happened to others.     In final evaluation, I have found this book to be very convincing, as itis a true story. The reader is left at the end of the book to draw their ownopinions on the topic and the authors account of the story. I found that theauthors use of evidence in her book was very good because her main source washer own story as an eye witness, with pictures and copies of documents to provethat the information is true. The book is very useful in understanding theissue of the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust in the second world war.