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Eventually, Fritz gave in, but he did so reluctantly. Looking back on the argument, Anne wrote: ‘Pfeffer looked very sullen, didn’t talk to me for two days and made a point of sitting at the table from 5 to 5.30 anyway... childish, of course.’ [Anne Frank, The best little table, 13 July 1943]
Daughter to: Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Holländer. Sister to: Margot (1926) In hiding: 6 July 1942. Arrested: 4 August 1944. Died: February 1945. In October 1942, 13-year-old Anne dreamt of a career as a film star in Hollywood. Two years later, her greatest wish was to publish a book about her time in hiding.
In November 1942, Fritz Pfeffer went into hiding in the Secret Annex on Prinsengracht. During the period in hiding, he shared a room with Anne Frank. Amsterdam April 22, 1943. Prinsengracht 263 changed owner in 1943 without the buyer or seller knowing that eight people in hiding were hidden in the building.
Otto and Edith Frank understood what the call-up meant and acted immediately: the following day the Frank family went into hiding in the secret annex of Otto Frank’s company building. This marks the start of life in hiding for eight people: Anne and her family, the three members of the Van Pels family and the dentist Fritz Pfeffer.
Friday, 4 August 1944 was a warm and sunny day in Amsterdam. To the people in hiding, it was the 761th day in the Secret Annex, more than two years since the day Anne and her family had entered the hiding place on 6 July 1942. Between half past ten and eleven in the morning, police officers showed up at the building at Prinsengracht 263.
He did follow the Sabbath rules and had a mezuzah on the door. In her diary, Anne Frank makes no allusion to religiosity in Fritz Pfeffer. In her narrative Sunday, she writes that Pfeffer prayed for 15 minutes every Sunday. Before going into hiding, Pfeffer lived with the non-Jewish Charlotte Kaletta without being linked in an official marriage.
May 12, 2023 · Pfeffer, a dentist who was acquainted with the Franks and van Pels, joined too after asking Gies if she happened to know of a hiding place. Eight people crammed into a small space, unable to make ...
