A Small Light
2023 · National Geographic · 60 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Legacy
Tue, 23 May, 11:00 am
Chapter 8: With the war ending, Miep and Jan try to find the Franks and other Jewish residents of the annex.
About
A Small Light follows twenty-something Miep Gies who, when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II, didn't hesitate. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls (Otto Frank, his wife Edith and daughters Anne and Margot as well as four others) in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne's Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Episodes
- E01
Pilot
Tue, 2 May· 74 minMiep Gies, a young, carefree secretary, agrees to help her boss Otto Frank hide his family after the Nazis invade Holland. Summoning courage she didn't know she had, Miep faces her first task.
- E02
Welcome to Switzerland
Tue, 2 May· 75 minWith the Frank family secure in the Secret Annex, Miep's Jewish dentist asks if she knows of a place where he can hide. Overcome by the need to help just one more person, Miep finds new and more dangerous ways to evade the Nazis.
- E03
Motherland
Tue, 9 May· 64 minAs laws against Jews intensify, two small children land in Miep and Jan's care. While Jan forges his own ties to the Dutch Resistance, Miep distances herself from people she cares about, including her own family.
- E04
The Butterfly
Tue, 9 May· 70 minMiep is forced to choose between her morals and her best friend while the Franks celebrate Hanukkah in The Annex. As Jan's involvement with The Resistance deepens, he must lie to protect the person he loves the most.
- E05
Scheißfeld
Tue, 16 May· 67 minMiep and Jan's marriage is tested when he ignores her plea to abandon a dangerous mission. After the Nazis suffer a huge blow at the hands of The Resistance, Jan must go into hiding while Miep fears for his life.
- E06
Boiling Point
Tue, 16 May· 68 minAs Nazi crackdowns increase in Amsterdam, Miep must hide an innocent student from her new Nazi neighbor. When a desperate friend begs for help finding a way out of the city, Jan finds an unexpected ally and hatches a plan.
- E07
What Can Be Saved
Tue, 23 May· 54 minChapter 7: Miep's worst fear comes true when the Nazis raid the annex.
- E08
Legacy
Tue, 23 May· 66 minChapter 8: With the war ending, Miep and Jan try to find the Franks and other Jewish residents of the annex.
Cast
Bel Powley
Miep Gies
Liev Schreiber
Otto Frank
Joe Cole
Jan Gies
Amira Casar
Edith Frank
Billie Boullet
Anne Frank
Ashley Brooke
Margot Frank