Peter van Pels was a German Jewish refugee who, along with his parents and sister, hid in the Secret Annex of the house of Otto and Edith Frank in Amsterdam during World War II. He is best known for his association with Anne Frank, the. Peter van Pels was 15 years old when he had to go into hiding with his parents. Together with the Frank family, they went into hiding in the Secret Annex. Peter knew Anne before they went into hiding. He was a German Jewish refugee who hid with diarist Anne Frank and six other people in the Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, during World War II. Born on Martinistrasse, Osnabrück, Germany, near the Dutch border in his parents' rented apartment, he was an only child. In June of 1937,...
He was a German Jewish refugee who hid with diarist Anne Frank and six other people in the Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, during World War II. Born on Martinistrasse, Osnabrück, Germany, near the Dutch border in his parents' rented apartment, he was an only child. In June of 1937,... Peter was the only child of Auguste (pseudonym Petronella) and Hermann van Pels and was born on 8 November 1926 in Osnabrück, Germany. Peter and his family lived in Germany until 1937, before... Peter van Pels to Mauthausen Mauthausen Jan. 18, 1945 - Jan. 25, 1945 On 18 January 1945, Peter van Pels left Auschwitz, sent on one of the many death marches, the forced evacuations, mostly on foot, of prisoners that took place after the evacuation of concentration camps. Peter van Pels is born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1926. He is the only child of Hermann and Auguste van Pels. The living situation increasingly deteriorates for the Jewish family after the National Socialists come to power in 1933. Peter van Pels was also sent back to the Sanitätslager of the Mauthausen main camp, deathly ill, on 11 April 1945. According to the Netherlands Red Cross, which relied on a list prepared by the US Army, Peter van Pels died on the day of the liberation of Mauthausen, 5 May 1945.
Peter van Pels to Mauthausen Mauthausen Jan. 18, 1945 - Jan. 25, 1945 On 18 January 1945, Peter van Pels left Auschwitz, sent on one of the many death marches, the forced evacuations, mostly on foot, of prisoners that took place after the evacuation of concentration camps. Peter van Pels is born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1926. He is the only child of Hermann and Auguste van Pels. The living situation increasingly deteriorates for the Jewish family after the National Socialists come to power in 1933. Peter van Pels was also sent back to the Sanitätslager of the Mauthausen main camp, deathly ill, on 11 April 1945. According to the Netherlands Red Cross, which relied on a list prepared by the US Army, Peter van Pels died on the day of the liberation of Mauthausen, 5 May 1945. Peter van Pels was in Auschwitz from 6 September 1944 to 18 January 1945. There he worked in the Paketstelle and was able to care for the sick Otto Frank. Peter van Pels arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau with the other people from the Secret Annex on the night of Tuesday 5 to Wednesday 6 September 1944.