Hermann van pels biography definition
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Anne Frank
Diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
For other uses, see Anne Frank (disambiguation).
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| Born | Annelies Marie Frank (1929-06-12)12 June 1929 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | c. February or March 1945(1945-03-00) (aged 15) Bergen-Belsen, Germany |
| Resting place | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |
| Occupation | Diarist |
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Annelies Marie Frank (German:[ˈanə(liːsmaˈʁiː)ˈfʁaŋk]ⓘ, Dutch:[ˌɑnəˈlismaːˈriˈfrɑŋk,ˈɑnəˈfrɑŋk]ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945)[1] was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands. A celebrated diarist, Frank described everyday life from her family's hiding place in an Amsterdam attic. She gained fame posthumously and became one of
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Hermann van Pels was born in the German city of Osnabrück. His father's family originally came from Groningen (the Netherlands). As a result, Hermann had the Dutch nationality.
On 25 December 1925, Hermann married Auguste Röttgen. We do not know how the two met. Just a year later, their son Peter was born. From 1932 onwards, Hermann worked as a representative for his father's company. The company traded in butcher's supplies.
In 1937, Hermann and Auguste decided to leave Osnabrück. They did not see a future for themselves in Hitler's antisemitic Germany. Hermann and Auguste decided to go to the Netherlands. Over the following years, Hermann's father, brother, and three sisters would follow them to Amsterdam. The Van Pels family lived close to the Frank family.
Herbal specialist
In Amsterdam, Hermann and his brother-in-law set up a textile trading company. In early 1939, he left this company and joined Otto Frank. His knowledge of meat and sausage herbs was essential to O
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Peter van Pels 1926 - 1945 Edit
‘I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk... Peter didn't say anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past. Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his eyes; I don't think it will take much for me to fall in love with him.’
Anne Frank, 3 March 1944
Peter van Pels was born on 8 November 1926 in Osnabrück (Germany). He was the only child of Hermann van Pels and Auguste van Pels-Röttgen. His grandfather originally came from the Netherlands, which meant that Peter and his parents had Dutch nationality. His father Hermann was a sales representative in his own father’s business, a butchers’ supplies wholesaler.
Peter van Pels started his education at the Israelite Elementary School in Rolandstraße, directly next to the Osnabrück synagogue. Children of all ages were taught in a single class there. A friend from the time recalls that Peter wa