Throughout history, there were and continue to be numerous people who influence the way a certain event turns out. Although some of these individuals influence the events of history negatively, there are some that lead to a positive outcome of a not-so positive situation. It is individuals such as these that make our world the way it is today. Meip Geis, is one of such individuals who influenced a very significant historical event. Meip Geis helped to shelter eight Jews from Adolf Hitler and the invasion of the Nazis, in addition she has contributed greatly to preserving one of the most widely recognized recollection of the Holocaust.
Meip Geis was born in Vienna on February 15, 1909, as Hermine Santruschitz and was one of two children being brought up by financially unstable parents in the time of World War I. She was under nourished for the majority of her life and finally in 1920 she was awarded to go to the Netherlands. It was part of a program for children of working class Austrian citizens and because of her undernourished state, she was allowed to go. She moved in with the Lauren Nieuwenburg and his five children where she went to school and was taken care of as a foster child. It was when she was living with this family that she acquired her new nick name “Meip.” At the age of sixteen, the Neiuwenburgs' took Meip to see her birth family in Vienna. When she returned, she was afraid to be left at their home in Vienna, and with great understanding that she had gotten used to the Dutch way of living, her mother allowed her to go return back to Amsterdam with her foster family. When Meip turned eighteen, she pursued a career as an office assistant which she did for the rest of her career.
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...rucial role at this time, we as readers may not have the diary of Anne Frank to read, and learn about the occurring political status. Anne Frank's diary is a critical learning tool that students all around the world are able to read and learn with thanks to Meip Geis and her vital role in the hiding of numerous Jews. Meip Geis helped to shelter eight Jews from Adolf Hitler and the invasion of the Nazis, in addition she has contributed greatly to preserving one of the most widely recognized recollection of the Holocaust.
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