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He perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp in Northern Germany. Pfeffer was given the pseudonym Albert Dussel in Frank's diary, and remains known as such in many editions and adaptations of the publication.
Dec 15, 2008 · Albert Dussel About Fritz. Fritz Pfeffer was born on April 30 1889 in Giessen, Germany. ... From here he was deported to Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg and died on 20 December 1944.
Mar 4, 2014 · Pfeffer was imprisoned at the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. He passed away on December 20, 1944, from enterocolitis, a fatal diarrheal disease, four and a half months after he was betrayed.
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One such person was the dentist, Fritz Pfeffer, who was given the pseudonym Mr. Dussel (Dussel in German means “nitwit”) by Anne Frank in her diary. Dr. Pfeffer had fled Germany in 1938 and moved to Amsterdam where he set up his dental practice, but with the invasion of Holland and the persecution of the Jews, found himself in need of hiding.
Anne depicted the dentist, who died in a concentration camp, as petty and indecisive. But in the Pfeffer biography, “Anne Frank’s Roommate,” he emerges as sensitive and kind.
Between 10 and 18 November 1944, Fritz Pfeffer was selected for deportation to Neuengamme, where he was forced to perform forced labour. He died there on 20 December 1944. Event. Death of Fritz Pfeffer Neuengamme Dec. 20, 1944 Fritz Pfeffer died in the Neuengamme concentration camp on 20 December 1944. Event. Show more Show less events Subjects ...
Aug 5, 2018 · Source: Anne Frank Fonds. On this day in history August 4, 1944, the Nazi Gestapo captured Anne Frank and her family, and fellow Jews, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeiffer all of whom were ...
