Legacy
Is Miep's strategy working?
Miep meets the Vienna Gestapo and pays him a bribe in exchange for her to free her loved ones from the annex at the start of A Small Light episode 8. He eventually declines the payment and dismisses Miep's request to free the Jews.
Miep approaches a different senior Gestapo official with the money rather than asking for assistance. He gives Miep the order for her to be taken out of the area by force. Jan saves the day and takes his wife home.
What is the reason for Miep's decision to dismiss the salesperson?
Miep tries to sell pectin, however her salesperson is hesitant to knock on doors, and she recommends that Miep sell the whole company and split the profits among the staff. Miep then terminates her.
What happens when Mr. Kleiman returns?
Mr. Kleiman visits the workplace. He was discharged from the hospital after being discovered as having an ulcer. Kleiman was unable to contact his imprisoned relatives due to Kugler's arrest, as well as other families' relocations.
What happens after the Nazi's defeat?
Miep and Jan make every effort to collect food. She only finds tulip bulbs, but it's terrible. Thereafter, loud planes soaring above their house. When they depart, they discover that the Allies are using their aircraft to drop food items.
Do the Franks, Pels, and Pfeffers come back safely?
The Franks, Pels, and Pfeffer are all expected to arrive in the near future. Kugler shows them how he concealed in a cornfield before escaping from jail. Liddy, Mrs. Stopplebam's granddaughter, died due to a Nazi medical professional refusing to treat her since she was Jewish.
Jan travels to Amsterdam to find all of the Franks, Pels, as well as other people he was expecting to see. However, Jan spots Max, who is healthy and alive, and Jan quickly returns to give Miep the good news. Shortly after, Otto Frank returns alone.
The Frank children were separated and sent to Bergen-Belsen, while Otto and the Van Pels family were sent to Auschwitz. Tragically, neither Edith nor anyone else from the Van Pels family survived the Holocaust. Miep and everyone else are optimistic that Margot and Anne will return.
Otto discovers Peter Van Pels' name in a list of deceased prisoners. Immediately, an ex Bergen-Belsen Jewish prisoner pays a visit to Opekta. She tells Otto that both of his daughters have died. It also has an enormous impact on the entire organization.
What steps do Miep and Jan take to make Mr. Otto's life easier?
Miep gathers herself together and gives Otto Anne's journal. Otto discovers something about his child that she hadn't shared with him before. Otto then receives an invitation from Miep and Jan to move in with them. He is unable to turn them down.
What happens at the end of A Small Light?
We learn what happened after Miep and Jan's death. Miep's husband Jan died of kidney disease. Otto Frank published his teenage daughter's diary, which received international recognition as a reflection of hope and strength in the face of hardship.
The whole season is a testament to human beings' resilience in the face of difficult situations.
Otto Frank's strength in the midst of a terrible loss, Miep and Jan's unwavering commitment to helping the Jews, and the universal impact of Anne Frank's journal serve as proof of how brave and resilient you can be in times of crisis.
The episode neatly ties up all of the loose ends of the show, and while you are aware of the fate the Franks endured, there's enough here to make for a solid and well-written series.
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