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The Van Pels family in Osnabrück

The Van Pels family lived in Osnabrück until they emigrated to the Netherlands.

Hermann and Auguste van Pels did not always live in Osnabrück. Not all of the German addresses of the Van Pelses are known. Sources have been found for the following addresses:

  • Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 49, Kiel: Van Pels moved there on 12 March 1917. His previous residence was in Osnabrück.[1]
  • Exerzierplatz, Kiel: The number and date of arrival are not known. Van Pels reported his departure for Hamburg on 1 September 1917.[1]
  • Königstrasse 11-13, Hamburg: He lived here in 1920.[2]

At the time of her marriage to Hermann on 5 December 1925, Auguste Röttgen lived in Wuppertal-Elberfeld at the address Vereinstrasse 14.[3] After her marriage she presumably moved to Osnabrück. Hermann then lived at Georgstrasse 6, Osnabrück. This was the home of Aron van Pels, the father Hermann van Pels.[4] Whether they moved in with Hermann's parents after their marriage is not known. Together with Auguste and their son Peter van Pels, born in 1926, Hermann was registered at the address Martinistrasse 67a in Osnabrück from 6 September 1930 to 26 June 1937[5]. From here, the Van Pels family moved to the Netherlands.

Footnotes

  1. a, b E-mail Sabine Awolin (Stadsarchief Osnabrück), 21 juli 2010. De oorspronkelijke kaart is verfilmd, maar deze is moeilijk leesbaar waardoor er geen bruikbare kopie is te maken.
  2. ^ Hamburger Adressbuch 1920 (jaargang 134), Abschnitt II. Einwohner- und Firmen-Verzeichnis der Stadt Hamburg einschließlich der Vororte Alsterdorf, Borstel, Fuhlsbüttel [...], Hamburg: Hamburger Adreßbuch-Verlag, 1920, p. 701.
  3. ^ Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374: Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste Röttgen d.d. 5 december 1925 (Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002).
  4. ^ Niedersächsiches Landesarchiv (NLA), Standort Osnabrück, Dep.3bIV inv. nr. 2166: Kartotheek Synagogengemeinde Osnabrück
  5. ^ NLA, Standort Osnabrück, Dep.3bIV inv. nr. 2166: Kartotheek Synagogengemeinde Osnabrück.