Yad Vashem Commemorates the Gieses

After the death of Miep Gies earlier this month, Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial group (famous for honoring the Righteous Among the Nations), created a commemorative profile for Miep and her husband Jan, replete with photographs and documents from their archives, none of which I'd ever seen before.

Here are a few of the pictures:



Miep signs the guestbook during a visit to Yad Vahem in the '70s.


Tree planted in honor of Miep and Jan Gies on the Avenue of the Righteous


Miep's signature in the guestbook at Yad Vashem. (I also noticed what looks like Hanneli Goslar's signature in the lower left-hand corner of the page -- as Lies Pick.)


You can also find a wealth of other material related to Anne Frank on the Yad Vashem website. Especially valuable is the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names, which I'll highlight in an upcoming post.