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"content": "<p>Max van Pels was an older brother of Hermann van Pels. He had Dutch nationality and therefore had military service obligations in the Netherlands. On <strong>3 June 1914</strong>, he underwent an examination. Because of a fracture, the military authorities declared him unfit.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vqzmp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As co-owner of the firm Van Pels & Wolff in Hamburg, he sold his shares to his 'Aryan' business partner in <strong>early 1938</strong>. In <strong>1952</strong> he stated that this had happened of his own free will and that the business partner had also taken personal risks to help Van Pels to secure his property.<sup data-footnote-id=\"4shue\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>March 1938</strong>, Max van Pels moved to Amsterdam. The population register listed his occupation as 'merchant in chemicals and drying kiln articles'.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>16 June 1938</strong>, he and his wife received certificates of good conduct in connection with emigration to North America<sup data-footnote-id=\"fub71\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> and on <strong>27 August</strong> they left on board the <em>S.S. Samaria</em> from Liverpool. The ship arrived in New York on <strong>5 September 1938</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> After the war, he and his — deceased — brother Hermann had a joint claim of NLG 362.33 against <em>Treuhand A.G</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Addresses</em>: Leinpfad 82, Hamburg ('34);<sup data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup> Vossiusstraat 26 huis, Amsterdam (March '38); Jan van Eijckstraat 28 huis (mei '38); "V O W" (vertrokken onbekend waarheen - 'left, destination unknown', Dec. '39);<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> 490 Bleecker Avenue, Marmaroneck, New York ('60).<sup data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</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=\"vqzmp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Archief van de Secretarie; Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsopvolgers (toegang 5182), inv. nr. 4409: Lotingsregister 1915, Langk-Schut, M., volgnr. 4509.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"4shue\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Frank Bajohr, <em>"Aryanisation" in Hamburg. The economic exclusion of Jews and the confiscation of their property in Nazi Germany</em>, New York, NY: Berghahn 2002, p. 270 (noot 194). </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart D.M. van Pels.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fub71\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Archief van de Secretarie: Afdeling Algemene Zaken, toegang 5181, inventarisnummer 7640: indicateur van aanvragen van bewijzen van Nederlanderschap en van goed gedrag, 1938, volgnrs. 4820 en 4821.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., records of the Immigration and Naturalization Services, list or manifest of alien passengers for the United States Immigrant Inspector at port of arrival, S.S. 'Samaria', passengers sailing from Liverpool, 27 augustus 1938, arrival in New York 5 september 1938.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Nederlands Beheersinstituut: Beheersdossiers, nummer toegang 2.09.16, inv.nr. 141144: K. Jansma aan Nederlands Beheersinstituut, 3 mei 1948.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Amtliches Fernsprechbuch für den Reichspostdirektionsbezirk Hamburg</em>, 1934.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Niedersächsischen Landesarchiv, Nds.110W, Acc.70_95, Nr. 538, "Erste Ausfertigung", 15 februari 1960.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_nl": "<p>Max van Pels was een oudere broer van Hermann van Pels. Hij had de Nederlandse nationaliteit en had daarom in Nederland militaire dienstverplichtingen. Op <strong>3 juni 1914</strong> onderging hij een keuring. Vanwege een breuk verklaarden de militaire autoriteiten hem ongeschikt.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vqzmp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Als mede-eigenaar van de firma Van Pels & Wolff in Hamburg verkocht hij <strong>begin 1938</strong> zijn aandelen aan zijn 'arische' zakenpartner. In <strong>1952</strong> gaf hij te kennen dat dit uit vrije wil was gebeurd en dat de zakenpartner bovendien persoonlijke risico's had genomen om Van Pels te helpen zijn bezittingen in veiligheid te brengen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"4shue\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>maart 1938</strong> verhuisde Max van Pels naar Amsterdam. Het bevolkingsregister noteerde als beroep 'koopman in chemische artikelen en drogerijen'.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Op <strong>16 juni 1938</strong> kregen hij en zijn echtgenote verklaringen van goed gedrag in verband met emigratie naar Noord-Amerika<sup data-footnote-id=\"fub71\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> en op <strong>27 augustus</strong> vertrokken zij aan boord van de <em>S.S. Samaria</em> uit Liverpool. Het schip kwam op <strong>5 september 1938</strong> aan in New York.<sup data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> Na de oorlog had hij met zijn — overleden — broer Hermann een gezamelijke vordering van fl. 362,33 op de <em>Treuhand A.G</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Adressen</em>: Leinpfad 82, Hamburg ('37);<sup data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup> Vossiusstraat 26 huis, Amsterdam (maart '38); Jan van Eijckstraat 28 huis (mei '38); "V O W" (vertrokken onbekend waarheen, dec. '39);<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> 490 Bleecker Avenue, Marmaroneck, New York ('60).<sup data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</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=\"vqzmp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Archief van de Secretarie; Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsopvolgers (toegang 5182), inv. nr. 4409: Lotingsregister 1915, Langk-Schut, M., volgnr. 4509.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"4shue\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Frank Bajohr, <em>"Aryanisation" in Hamburg. The economic exclusion of Jews and the confiscation of their property in Nazi Germany</em>, New York, NY: Berghahn 2002, p. 270 (noot 194). </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart D.M. van Pels.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fub71\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Archief van de Secretarie: Afdeling Algemene Zaken, toegang 5181, inventarisnummer 7640: indicateur van aanvragen van bewijzen van Nederlanderschap en van goed gedrag, 1938, volgnrs. 4820 en 4821.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., records of the Immigration and Naturalization Services, list or manifest of alien passengers for the United States Immigrant Inspector at port of arrival, S.S. 'Samaria', passengers sailing from Liverpool, 27 augustus 1938, arrival in New York 5 september 1938.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Nederlands Beheersinstituut: Beheersdossiers, nummer toegang 2.09.16, inv.nr. 141144: K. Jansma aan Nederlands Beheersinstituut, 3 mei 1948.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Hamburger Adreßbuch</em>, jrg. 150 (1937), Hamburg: Hamburger Adreßbuch-Verlag, 1937, deel II, p. 769.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Niedersächsischen Landesarchiv, Nds.110W, Acc.70_95, Nr. 538, "Erste Ausfertigung", 15 februari 1960.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_en": "<p>Max van Pels was an older brother of Hermann van Pels. He had Dutch nationality and therefore had military service obligations in the Netherlands. On <strong>3 June 1914</strong>, he underwent an examination. Because of a fracture, the military authorities declared him unfit.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vqzmp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As co-owner of the firm Van Pels & Wolff in Hamburg, he sold his shares to his 'Aryan' business partner in <strong>early 1938</strong>. In <strong>1952</strong> he stated that this had happened of his own free will and that the business partner had also taken personal risks to help Van Pels to secure his property.<sup data-footnote-id=\"4shue\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>March 1938</strong>, Max van Pels moved to Amsterdam. The population register listed his occupation as 'merchant in chemicals and drying kiln articles'.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>16 June 1938</strong>, he and his wife received certificates of good conduct in connection with emigration to North America<sup data-footnote-id=\"fub71\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> and on <strong>27 August</strong> they left on board the <em>S.S. Samaria</em> from Liverpool. The ship arrived in New York on <strong>5 September 1938</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> After the war, he and his — deceased — brother Hermann had a joint claim of NLG 362.33 against <em>Treuhand A.G</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Addresses</em>: Leinpfad 82, Hamburg ('34);<sup data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup> Vossiusstraat 26 huis, Amsterdam (March '38); Jan van Eijckstraat 28 huis (mei '38); "V O W" (vertrokken onbekend waarheen - 'left, destination unknown', Dec. '39);<sup data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> 490 Bleecker Avenue, Marmaroneck, New York ('60).<sup data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</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=\"vqzmp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Archief van de Secretarie; Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsopvolgers (toegang 5182), inv. nr. 4409: Lotingsregister 1915, Langk-Schut, M., volgnr. 4509.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"4shue\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Frank Bajohr, <em>"Aryanisation" in Hamburg. The economic exclusion of Jews and the confiscation of their property in Nazi Germany</em>, New York, NY: Berghahn 2002, p. 270 (noot 194). </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3tyea\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart D.M. van Pels.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fub71\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Archief van de Secretarie: Afdeling Algemene Zaken, toegang 5181, inventarisnummer 7640: indicateur van aanvragen van bewijzen van Nederlanderschap en van goed gedrag, 1938, volgnrs. 4820 en 4821.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"i8u3n\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., records of the Immigration and Naturalization Services, list or manifest of alien passengers for the United States Immigrant Inspector at port of arrival, S.S. 'Samaria', passengers sailing from Liverpool, 27 augustus 1938, arrival in New York 5 september 1938.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zfaqu\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Nederlands Beheersinstituut: Beheersdossiers, nummer toegang 2.09.16, inv.nr. 141144: K. Jansma aan Nederlands Beheersinstituut, 3 mei 1948.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"cjwdy\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Amtliches Fernsprechbuch für den Reichspostdirektionsbezirk Hamburg</em>, 1934.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ytqr8\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Niedersächsischen Landesarchiv, Nds.110W, Acc.70_95, Nr. 538, "Erste Ausfertigung", 15 februari 1960.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
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"summary": "Max van Pels was an older brother of Hermann van Pels.",
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