Anne Frank’s diary has become one of the world’s most famous symbols of defiance and hope. But its astonishing story has been historically hard to dramatise: the Franks’ artful elusion of the Nazis meant they were confined to the attic where they were hiding for two years, connected to the outside world only by the brave Dutch citizens who would bring them news and food (and a little radio).
National Geographic has found a way around this in their new eight-part series, A Small Light, by focusing on Miep Gies, one of the people who played an integral role in hiding Anne and her family.
