“Hiding Anne Frank”-A Performance by Prudence Wright Holmes

The one woman show “Hiding Anne Frank” by Prudence Wright Holmes will be performed in the Mackay Room on Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day that begins that evening.
Miep Gies was a 32-year-old secretary in Otto Frank's office when he asked her to help him and his family hide from the Nazis. She immediately said yes. At great risk to her own life, she brought food and other supplies to the Franks on a daily basis for over two years. After the Franks were arrested, she saved Anne's diary and later went to Gestapo Headquarters to try to buy the Franks' freedom. Miep was knighted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and later attended the Academy Awards in 2010, where she won an Oscar for the film based on her book, Remembering Anne Frank. She was 100 years old.

This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Englewood Library.

Host or Publisher Englewood Public Library