Changes: Peter van Pels

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Peter van Pels

Historical Figure
Nationality:	Germany, later Netherlands, then stateless
Year of Birth:	1926
Year of Death:	1945
Cause of Death:	Killed in the concentration camps (World War II)
Religion:	Judaism
Parents:	Hermann and Auguste van Pels
Fictional Appearances:

"The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging" _{POD: July, 1944}
Type of Appearance:	Posthumous (?) reference

Peter van Pels (8 November 1926 - May 1945) was the son of Hermann and Auguste van Pels. His family fled Germany for the Netherlands in 1937. They joined Anne Frank's family in the Secret Annexe in 1942, and remained hidden until 1944 when the group was betrayed. Peter, his father, and Anne's father, Otto, were sent to Auschwitz. Peter and Otto were assigned to the same work detail until 1945, when Peter was forced on a march to Mauthausen in January. He was listed in sick barracks in April 1945, and was dead by the time the camp was liberated on 5 May, but the exact date and circumstances of Peter's death are unrecorded.

According to her diary, Anne and Peter developed a romantic relationship.

Peter van Pels in "The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging"

Peter van Pels and his family joined the Frank family in hiding in 1942 for the duration of World War II, emerging from their hiding place, the Secret Annexe, only after the Netherlands were liberated in 1945. The eight people quickly dispersed.

In 2013, an elderly Anne Berkowitz (nee Frank), now living in a retirement home in California, shared some of her experiences with the eighth-grade history class from nearby Junipero Middle School. She and her sister Margot had both developed crushes on Peter, a fact that caused tension in the hiding place. Berkowitz did not share this with the students.

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-|nationality = [[Germany]]
+|nationality = {{Germans|[[Germany]]}}, later {{Dutch|[[Netherlands]]}}, then {{Stateless|stateless}}
-|religion = [[Judaism]]
+|religion = {{Judaism|[[Judaism]]}}
-|birth = 1926
+|birth = {{1920s Births OTL|1926}}
-|death = 1945
+|death = {{1940s Deaths OTL|1945}}
-|cause of death = Unknown (died in a concentration camp)
+|cause of death = Killed in the [[concentration camps]] ({{KilledWWIIOTL|[[World War II]]}})
 |parents = [[Hermann van Pels|Hermann]] and [[Auguste van Pels]]}}{{Clearright}}{{The Eighth-Grade Historical Character
-|type of appearance = Posthumous (?) reference}}{{Stack end}}'''Peter van Pels''' (1926-1945) was the son of [[Hermann van Pels|Hermann]] and [[Auguste van Pels]]. His family fled [[Germany]] for [[the Netherlands]] in 1937. They joined [[Anne Frank]]'s family in the [[Secret Annexe]] in 1942, and remained hidden until 1944 when the group was betrayed. Peter, his father, and Anne's father, [[Otto Frank|Otto]], were sent to [[Auschwitz]]. Peter and Otto were assigned to the same work detail until 1945, when Peter was forced on a march to Mauthausen in January. He was listed in sick barracks in April, 1945, and was certainly deceased in May, but the exact date and circumstances of Peter's death are unrecorded.
+|type of appearance = Posthumous (?) reference}}{{Stack end}}'''Peter van Pels''' (8 November 1926 - May 1945) was the son of [[Hermann van Pels|Hermann]] and [[Auguste van Pels]]. His family fled [[Germany]] for the [[Netherlands]] in 1937. They joined [[Anne Frank]]'s family in the [[Secret Annexe]] in 1942, and remained hidden until 1944 when the group was betrayed. Peter, his father, and Anne's father, [[Otto Frank|Otto]], were sent to [[Auschwitz]]. Peter and Otto were assigned to the same work detail until 1945, when Peter was forced on a march to Mauthausen in January. He was listed in sick barracks in April 1945, and was dead by the time the camp was liberated on 5 May, but the exact date and circumstances of Peter's death are unrecorded.
 According to her [[The Diary of a Young Girl|diary]], Anne and Peter developed a romantic relationship.
 ==Peter van Pels in "[[The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging]]"==
-'''Peter van Pels''' and his family joined young [[Anne Berkowitz]]'s family in hiding in 1942 for the duration of [[World War II]], emerging from their hiding place only after [[the Netherlands]] were liberated in 1945. The eight people quickly dispersed.
+'''Peter van Pels''' and his family joined the Frank family in hiding in 1942 for the duration of [[World War II]], emerging from their hiding place, the [[Secret Annexe (Eighth-Grade History Class)|Secret Annexe]], only after the [[Netherlands (Eighth-Grade History Class)|Netherlands]] were liberated in 1945. The eight people quickly dispersed.
-In 2013, an elderly Anne Berkowtiz, now living in a retirement home in [[California]], shared some of her experiences with the eighth-grade history class from nearby [[Junipero Middle School]]. She and her sister [[Margot Frank#Margot Frank in "The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging"|Margo]] had both developed crushes on Peter van Pels, a fact that causes tension in the hiding place. Berkowitz did not share this with the students.
+In 2013, an elderly [[Anne Berkowitz]] (nee Frank), now living in a retirement home in [[California]], shared some of her experiences with the eighth-grade history class from nearby [[Junipero Middle School]]. She and her sister [[Margot Frank#Margot Frank in "The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging"|Margot]] had both developed crushes on Peter, a fact that caused tension in the hiding place. Berkowitz did not share this with the students.
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