18 October 1905
Born in Amsterdam.
The 1930s
Jan gets to know Miep Santrouschitz while working at a textile company. She is a typist there, and he’s an accountant.
The 1930s
Jan becomes a social worker with the Amsterdam Social Service.
16 July 1941
Jan and Miep get married.
June 1942
Otto Frank asks Jan if he's willing to help if Otto and his family go into hiding.
4 August 1944
Everyone in the Annex is arrested. Jan is not taken. From the canal, he witnesses everyone being taken away.
Summer 1945
Otto moves in with the Gies family. He will go on to stay for seven years.
13 July 1950
A son, Paul, is born.
26 January 1993
Jan Gies dies.