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Petronella van Daan
About Auguste
In her diary, Anne gave the Van Pels family the pseudonym Van Daan and called Auguste (Gusti) by the name Petronella. Auguste was born on 29 September 1900 in Buer near Osnabrück, Germany.
Before the Secret Annex
On 5 December 1925, Gusti Röttgen married Hermann van Pels and changed her nationality to Dutch, according to German law. Their only son Peter was born in November the following year.
During the Secret Annex
Hermann van Pels was a business partner of Otto Frank's and the families lived in the same neighbourhood. Having failed to emigrate to the United States, The Van Pelses joined the Franks in the Secret Annex on 13 July 1942.
The family provided some excitement in the Secret Annex; they were a source of fun and quarrels. According to Anne, Mrs Van Pels enjoyed talking about politics and being a flirt, but always ended up arguing with her husband.
After the Secret Annex
After the raid, Auguste was transported along with Margot and Anne from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Bergen-Belsen cam
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Pels, Auguste van (1900–1945)
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Peter van Daan
About Peter
In her diary, Anne gave the Van Pels family the pseudonym Van Daan. Peter was the only child of Auguste (pseudonym Petronella) and Hermann van Pels and was born on 8 November 1926 in Osnabrück, Germany.
Before the Secret Annex
Peter and his family lived in Germany until 1937, before moving to Amsterdam to escape the persecution by the Nazi party. In Amsterdam, the Van Pelses met the Franks and Peter's father Hermann became a business partner of Otto Frank.
The Van Pelses had been trying to emigrate to the United States, and when the notices for Jews to return to Germany to work in labour camps became more frequent, they decided they couldn't wait any longer. They joined the Frank family in the Secret Annex on 13 July 1942.
During the Secret Annex
Initially, Anne thought little of Peter, but as he became more confident, taking on handyman roles around the annex, Anne's opinion of him changed. Romance blossomed, but in the close confines of the Secret Annex, it was brief.
After the Secret Annex
After the raid in August 1944,
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