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    "title": "Auguste van Pels - Röttgen",
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    "content": "<p>Auguste&nbsp;R&ouml;ttgen was born on <strong>29th of&nbsp;September 1900</strong> in Buer, Germany.<sup data-footnote-id=\"v8sz4\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> She was the daughter of Leo R&ouml;ttgen and Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.<sup data-footnote-id=\"l7yse\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;Auguste had four sisters:&nbsp;Else, Gertrude, Margaretha and&nbsp;Lotte. After the war her&nbsp;sister Margaretha declared that Auguste had studied economics in Cologne and&nbsp;successfully completed this&nbsp;course. According to Cologne university archives, she was deregistered after one semester.<sup data-footnote-id=\"df11a\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>5 December 1925</strong>, Auguste R&ouml;ttgen married Hermann van Pels in her hometown of Elberfeld. She automatically received Dutch nationality. On <strong>8 November 1926</strong>, her son Peter was born. He remained an only child. In <strong>1937</strong>, Auguste and her family came to the Netherlands. After several moves, they ended up in a spacious four-room house on Zuider Amstellaan, furnished with furniture brought from Germany. On <strong>30 October 1942</strong>, after they had been in hiding for a few months, the house was cleared out.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>July 1942</strong>, Auguste van Pels also went into hiding in the Secret Annex on Prinsengracht. What we know about her from this period comes from Anne&#39;s diary, with some corrections and additions from Otto Frank and Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>After the arrest on <strong>4 August 1944</strong>, Auguste van Pels ended up in Auschwitz via Westerbork. She was later shipped on to Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt. Somewhere along the way to Theresienstadt she died. She was 44 years old when she died.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ejh4s\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"v8sz4\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002): Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste R&ouml;ttgen d.d. 5 december 1925.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"l7yse\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Leo R&ouml;ttgen en Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"df11a\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Details over Auguste R&ouml;ttgens loopbaan in Landesarchiv NRW &ndash; Standort Hannover, Nds 110 W Akz 105/93 Nr. 959. Rechtsanw&auml;ltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan de Regierungspr&auml;sident Hannover, 7 april 1960. Zie ook: Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Colllectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_079: Rechtsanwaltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan Otto Frank, 27 februari 1961;&nbsp;Universit&auml;tsarchiv K&ouml;ln, Zugang 600/64-R&ouml;ttgen, Auguste. Zie ook schriftelijke toelichting Andreas Freitr&auml;ger, 5 februari 2020.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ejh4s\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Literature: Menno Metselaar, &#39;An egotistical father, a vain mother and a shy boy. The van Pels family: also in hiding in the Secret Annexe&#39;, in: <em>Anne Frank Magazine</em> 1998, p. 8-13;Aukje Vergeest, <em>Anne Frank in the Secret Annexe: who was who?</em>, Amsterdam: Anne Frank House, 2015.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
    "content_nl": "<p>Auguste R&ouml;ttgen werd&nbsp;op <strong>29 september 1900 </strong>geboren in Buer, Kreis (district) Recklinghausen, Duitsland.<sup data-footnote-id=\"7dq4a\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> &nbsp;Ze was&nbsp;de dochter van Leo R&ouml;ttgen en Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.<sup data-footnote-id=\"uhwth\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;Auguste had vier&nbsp;zussen: Else,&nbsp;Gertrude, Margaretha&nbsp;en Lotte. Na de oorlog verklaarde Margaretha dat Auguste economie had&nbsp;gestudeerd in Keulen en deze studie succesvol afrondde. Volgens het universiteitsarchief van Keulen schreef Auguste zich na een semester uit.<sup data-footnote-id=\"bewos\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Op <strong>5 december 1925</strong> trouwde&nbsp;Auguste R&ouml;ttgen in haar woonplaats Elberfeld met Hermann van Pels. Ze kreeg&nbsp;hierdoor automatisch de Nederlandse nationaliteit. Op <strong>8 november 1926</strong> werd&nbsp;zoon Peter geboren. Hij bleef&nbsp;enig kind. In <strong>1937 </strong>kwam&nbsp;Auguste met haar gezin naar Nederland. Na enkele verhuizingen kwamen ze terecht in een ruime vierkamerwoning aan de Zuider Amstellaan, ingericht met uit Duitsland meegebracht meubilair. Op <strong>30 oktober 1942</strong>, toen ze al enkele maanden waren&nbsp;ondergedoken, werd&nbsp;de woning leeggehaald.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In<strong> juli 1942</strong> ging&nbsp;ook Auguste van Pels onderduiken in het Achterhuis aan de Prinsengracht. Wat we uit deze periode over haar weten komt uit Annes dagboek, met enige correcties en aanvullingen van Otto Frank en Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Na de arrestatie op <strong>4 augustus 1944</strong> kwam&nbsp;Auguste van Pels via Westerbork in Auschwitz-Birkenau terecht. Later werd&nbsp;ze doorgestuurd naar Bergen-Belsen, naar Raguhn en vandaar naar Theresienstadt. Onderweg naar Theresienstadt kwam&nbsp;ze om.&nbsp;Ze was bij overlijden 44 jaar.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3ryiy\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"7dq4a\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002): Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste R&ouml;ttgen d.d. 5 december 1925.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"uhwth\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Leo R&ouml;ttgen en Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.&nbsp;</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"bewos\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Details over Auguste R&ouml;ttgens loopbaan in Landesarchiv NRW &ndash; Standort Hannover, Nds 110 W Akz 105/93 Nr. 959. Rechtsanw&auml;ltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan de Regierungspr&auml;sident Hannover, 7 april 1960. Zie ook: Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Colllectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_079: Rechtsanwaltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan Otto Frank, 27 februari 1961;&nbsp;Universit&auml;tsarchiv K&ouml;ln, Zugang 600/64-R&ouml;ttgen, Auguste. Zie ook schriftelijke toelichting Andreas Freitr&auml;ger, 5 februari 2020.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3ryiy\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Literatuur: Menno Metselaar, &#39;Een ego&iuml;stische vader, een ijdele moeder en een verlegen jongen? De familie van Pels: medeschuilers in het Achterhuis&#39;, in: <em>Anne Frank Magazine</em> 1998, p. 8-13; Aukje Vergeest, <em>Anne Frank in het Achterhuis: wie was wie?</em>, Amsterdam: Rainbow, 2014.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
    "content_en": "<p>Auguste&nbsp;R&ouml;ttgen was born on <strong>29th of&nbsp;September 1900</strong> in Buer, Germany.<sup data-footnote-id=\"v8sz4\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> She was the daughter of Leo R&ouml;ttgen and Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.<sup data-footnote-id=\"l7yse\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;Auguste had four sisters:&nbsp;Else, Gertrude, Margaretha and&nbsp;Lotte. After the war her&nbsp;sister Margaretha declared that Auguste had studied economics in Cologne and&nbsp;successfully completed this&nbsp;course. According to Cologne university archives, she was deregistered after one semester.<sup data-footnote-id=\"df11a\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>5 December 1925</strong>, Auguste R&ouml;ttgen married Hermann van Pels in her hometown of Elberfeld. She automatically received Dutch nationality. On <strong>8 November 1926</strong>, her son Peter was born. He remained an only child. In <strong>1937</strong>, Auguste and her family came to the Netherlands. After several moves, they ended up in a spacious four-room house on Zuider Amstellaan, furnished with furniture brought from Germany. On <strong>30 October 1942</strong>, after they had been in hiding for a few months, the house was cleared out.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>July 1942</strong>, Auguste van Pels also went into hiding in the Secret Annex on Prinsengracht. What we know about her from this period comes from Anne&#39;s diary, with some corrections and additions from Otto Frank and Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>After the arrest on <strong>4 August 1944</strong>, Auguste van Pels ended up in Auschwitz via Westerbork. She was later shipped on to Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt. Somewhere along the way to Theresienstadt she died. She was 44 years old when she died.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ejh4s\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"v8sz4\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002): Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste R&ouml;ttgen d.d. 5 december 1925.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"l7yse\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Leo R&ouml;ttgen en Rosa R&ouml;ttgen-Rosenau.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"df11a\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Details over Auguste R&ouml;ttgens loopbaan in Landesarchiv NRW &ndash; Standort Hannover, Nds 110 W Akz 105/93 Nr. 959. Rechtsanw&auml;ltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan de Regierungspr&auml;sident Hannover, 7 april 1960. Zie ook: Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Colllectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_079: Rechtsanwaltin Elisabeth Sp&auml;th aan Otto Frank, 27 februari 1961;&nbsp;Universit&auml;tsarchiv K&ouml;ln, Zugang 600/64-R&ouml;ttgen, Auguste. Zie ook schriftelijke toelichting Andreas Freitr&auml;ger, 5 februari 2020.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ejh4s\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Literature: Menno Metselaar, &#39;An egotistical father, a vain mother and a shy boy. The van Pels family: also in hiding in the Secret Annexe&#39;, in: <em>Anne Frank Magazine</em> 1998, p. 8-13;Aukje Vergeest, <em>Anne Frank in the Secret Annexe: who was who?</em>, Amsterdam: Anne Frank House, 2015.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
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    "summary": "Auguste van Pels was one of the eight people hiding in the Secret Annex.",
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