Peter van pels - Anne Frank

Peter van pels

November 8, 1926

Peter van Pels is born in Osnabrück (Germany).

June 26, 1937

Peter emigrates with his parents to the Netherlands.

July 13, 1942

Peter goes into hiding in the secret annex.

August 4, 1944

All eight people in hiding are arrested.

August 8, 1944

Peter and the other people in hiding arrive in Westerbork (the Netherlands).

September 3, 1944

Peter and the other people in hiding are sent by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp (occupied Poland).

September 6, 1944

Arrival at Auschwitz. Peter survives the selection.

January 16, 1945

When Auschwitz is evacuated Peter must join the so-called ‘death march’. Everyone who can walk must march to concentration camps further in the West.

January 25, 1945

Peter is registered at Mauthausen concentration camp (Austria).

May 5, 1945

Peter dies in Mauthausen