Throughout history, there have been and continue to be numerous people who influence how a certain event unfolds. While some of these individuals negatively influence the events of the story, there are some who bring a positive outcome to a not-so-positive situation. It is individuals like these who make our world the way it is today. Meip Geis is one such individual who influenced a very significant historical event. Meip Geis helped protect eight Jews from Adolf Hitler and the invading Nazis, and also contributed greatly to preserving one of the most widely recognized memories of the Holocaust. Meip Geis was born in Vienna on February 15, 1909, as Hermine Santruschitz and was one of two children raised by financially unstable parents during the First World War. She was malnourished for most of her life and was finally allowed to go to the Netherlands in 1920. She was part of a program for the children of working-class Austrian citizens, and due to her malnourished state, she was allowed to go. She moved in with Lauren Nieuwenburg and her five children where she went to school and was cared for as a foster child. It was when he lived with this family that he acquired his new nickname “Meip”. At the age of sixteen, the Neiuwenburgs took Meip to visit her birth family in Vienna. When she returned, she was afraid of being left in their home in Vienna and, with great awareness that she had become accustomed to the Dutch lifestyle, her mother allowed her to return to Amsterdam with her adoptive family. When Meip turned eighteen, she pursued a career as an office assistant, which she did for the rest of her career. After securing a job as a clerk... center of paper... vital role at this time , we readers may not have Anne Frank's diary to read and learn about the political state at hand. The Diary of Anne Frank is a vital learning tool that students around the world can read and learn about Meip Geis and her vital role in hiding numerous Jews. Meip Geis helped protect eight Jews from Adolf Hitler and the invading Nazis, and also contributed greatly to preserving one of the most widely recognized memories of the Holocaust. Works Cited McCune, Pat; Schreiber, Penny; Lowenstein, Joan. "Meip Geis" March 31, 2011. "Meip Gies, his story". 31.Mar.2011“Meip Geis”. April 5.2011.