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  1. In July 1942, Hermann van Pels and his family went into hiding in the Secret Annex. What is known about Van Pels during this period comes from Anne's diary, with some additions and corrections by Otto and Miep. Van Pels ended up in Westerbork after the arrest.

  2. Hermann van Pels (31 March 1898 – October 1944; known as Hans in the first manuscript of the diary) was murdered in Auschwitz, being the first of the eight to die. He was the only member of the group to be gassed .

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  4. One week after the family Frank went into hiding, they were joined by Hermann, Auguste and their fifteen-year old son Peter van Pels. They took up residence in the upper floor of the Secret Annex, while the Franks shared the lower floor.

  5. Otto Frank was the only member of the annex group to survive the war. Both Hermann van Pels and Edith Frank died in Auschwitz—Hermann shortly after his arrival in the autumn of 1944 and Edith from starvation and exhaustion on January 6, 1945, just three weeks before the Soviets liberated the camp.

  6. When Peter van Pels and his parents first came to the Secret Annex, Anne did not like him much. Yet slowly but surely, they developed a friendship and even fell in love. They first kissed in the attic of the Secret Annex.

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