Role Of Miep In Elie Wiesel's Play '

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Do you remember when the Holocaust happened? What is the Holocaust you say? Well, The holocaust is a horrible time for people who hated the Nazis, as they were getting killed, which is why miep wanted to help. In the play, ¨Diary of Anne Frank,¨by Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett, the Frank family, and the Van Daans, and Mr Dussel, even though he doesn't come in until later, are hiding in the annex. Miep gies, and Mr kraler help these eight into hiding. They are hiding because the Nazis invaded Amsterdam and if they were found they would have to go to concentration camps. This is because adolf hitler told them that jews were the “scapegoat” to the war. Miep is one of the very few to survive in this group of people. Miep, along with many other people, showed courage by knowing the sacrifices, risking things for the good, and focusing on how to help the franks survive. …show more content…

Mr. Frank has changed after losing his family, yet he remembers of the sacrifice Miep made to help him the previous years,
“ Forgive me. I shouldn’t talk to you like this. . . after all that you did for us. . . the suffering . . .”(Goodrich, Hackett 702) Mr. Frank knows he should be thankful because she helped them survive. There are many of moments in life to help people, but Miep chose to help them because of many things and the courage plays this role of, wanting to help out people that are in need.

Helping the frank family was really risky, when it comes to the laws. Mr Kraler points out the dangers of helping them,“ it’s illegal, then, the ration books? We’ve never done anything illegal.”(Goodrich, Hackett 705). Miep, would do anything illegal, just to save or even make them happy. Some people, like miep, can be careless of the laws, just to protect those that they love, but sometimes that's a good thing, to have the courage to protect who you would do anything for, even though you know the

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