Did Miep Gies Have a Gay Brother? A Small Light Fact-Check

In researching the A Small Light true story, we discovered a number of historical inaccuracies when fact-checking the National Geographic series starring Bel Powley as Miep Gies. One of those moments where the A Small Light series deviates from the true story is with regard to the question, did Miep Gies have a gay brother? A Small Light fact-check reveals the answer, as we explain in this episode. In the series, Miep Gies' brother, Casmir 'Cas' Nieuwenburg, is a gay man who has confided his secret in Miep, but is Cas based on one of her real-life foster brothers?

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