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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. However, according to eyewitness testimony, this did not happen on the day he arrived there.
Hermann van Pels was an employee of Pectacon and was one of the people hiding in the Secret Annex. Person. Hermann van Pels. Born on: March 31, 1898. Born in: Gehrde, Duitsland. Died on: Oct. 3, 1944. Died in: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Polen. Achter: Esther Troeder, Herman van Pels, Miep Gies. Voor: Bep Voskuijl, Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam, mei 1941.
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It is thought that Hermann van Pels was murdered in the gas chamber of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 3 October 1944. [1] In a statement issued in February 1961 , the Red Cross said it considered Hermann van Pels to have died on 6 September 1944 . [2]
A week later, they are joined by the Van Pels family: Otto's business partner Hermann, his wife Auguste and their teenage son Peter. Later that year, Jewish dentist Fritz Pfeffer also joins. Tensions between the two families begin to rise, and similarly between Anne and Pfeffer, with whom she is made to share a room.
Subject. Hermann van Pels was registered with the Synagogen-Gemeinde Osnabrück with his wife Auguste and son Peter. On 26 June 1937, all three were deregistered there in the context of their departure for Amsterdam. [1]
The room of Hermann and Auguste van Pels This is where the people in hiding cooked and ate together, and where they listened to the radio. At night, the room was converted into the bedroom of Mr and Mrs Van Pels.
July 13, 1942 Amsterdam. A week after the Frank family went into hiding, Hermann and Auguste van Pels, and their son Peter, joined them in the hiding place. The Van Pels family were given two rooms on the second floor of the Secret Annex to use. They had little privacy.
